The Treadwell Branch was built in 1901 by the Southern Pacific, and branched from The Oil City Branch at Treadwell Junction. It was built to serve the Kern River oil fields just north of Bakersfield, California, and ran to a location named "Porque". It was abandoned in 1928.
The Treadwell Branch
Treadwell Junction to Porque, CA
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway | ||
| Docket: 7074 | 8/1/1928 | Section: 1 |
| Application of Southern Pacific Railroad and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway for certificate to abandon the Treadwell Branch between Treadwell Junction and Porque, in Kern County, California; a distance of 2.471 miles. | ||
| Length: 2.471 miles | 11 | Citation: 145 ICC 689 |
