Sacramento to Walnut Grove

The Walnut Grove Branch

Picture Point of Interest

Map submitted by Paul Carr.

This is a view of the CSRM's operations, taken at Baths, on the former SP Walnut Grove Branch. The locomotive is Granite Rock #10. Photo by Paul Carr, September 2008.

This former Southern Pacific branch stretched from the present-day location of the California state Railroad Museum in Sacramento to Walnut Grove, CA. The right-of-way passes through the outskirts of downtown Sacramento, suburban sprawl, and lastly agricultural land. Much the line is still traceable, and the track is still in place south of Baths until Hood Franklin Road, although much of it is being overtaken by vegetation.

The CSRM's Sacramento Southern Railroad currently operates on 3 miles of the route along a levee between the museum and a location called "Baths." It may be extended further down the line in the future.

Thanks to Paul Carr for contributing information about this route.

ICC Abandonment Filings

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
Docket Number: AB-12 Sub 19 Date: 6/19/1975 Section: 1(18)
Application for authority to abandon a line of railroad from MP 104.96 near Hood Jct, southerly to the end of Walnut Grove Branch at MP 122.11 near Isleton, a distance of 17.13 mi., in Sacramento County, Calif.
Length: 17.13 miles Citation:  

this is a great and fun website - thanks for putting all this together. I happen to live nearby this abandoned line - and thus have taken quite some photos of it, please see:

http://www.flickr.com/cnriver2002

and then go to SP Walnut Grove Branch set.

cnriver2002
Sacramento, CA
1/16/2010

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See Sacramento to Hood and Sacramento to Isleton for more information.

D.Schmitt
Marysville, CA
6/7/2010

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