The Oroville Branch
The Oroville Branch
The Oroville Branch
Marysville to Oroville, CA
— ICC Abandonment Filings —
| Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
| Docket: 21815 | 10/31/1961 | Section: 1(18) |
| App. for auth. to abandon that portion of its Oroville Branch, Sacramento Division, between M.P. 124.50 at or near Binney Jct. and M.P. 143.78 at or near Villa Verona, a dist. of approx. 19.28 miles, together with all sidings, spur tracks and appurtenances, in Butte & Yuba Counties, Calif. | ||
| Length: 19.28 miles | ||
| Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
| Docket: AB-12 Sub 28 | 5/3/1976 | Section: 1a |
| Application filed for authority to abandon a line of railroad extending from MP 146.59 south of Oroville in a southerly direction to the end of the branch at MP 143.78 near Villa Verona, a distance of 2.81 miles in Butte County, California. | ||
| Length: 2.81 miles | ||
— User Comments —
Curious enough about the abandonment squibs to pin down Villa Verona, Google finds it as a town NW of Oroville(toward Paradise), but DeLorme doesn't list or show it, while S.P. Maps put it just s/o Oroville, the presumed reference in ICC dockets.
Steve Donaldson
San Carlos, CA
7/12/2012
7/12/2012
Villa Verona Colony (very old named tract) was/is East/South of Oroville.
Ray Johnson
Oroville, CA
11/30/2012
11/30/2012