Sacramento Northern Railway - Timeline

Timeline

• 1905 (1905) – The Northern Electric Railway (NERY) is incorporated. Constructs an electrified railroad from Chico to Sacramento. NERY also purchases the Chico Electric Railway(CERY).
• 1913 (1913) – Oakland, Antioch and Eastern is incorporated. Construction begins on an electrified railroad from Oakland to Sacramento.
• 1918 (1918) – NERY is purchased by new investors and renamed Sacramento Northern Railroad(SNRR).
• 1920 (1920) – Oakland, Antioch and Eastern renamed the San Francisco-Sacramento Railroad.
• 1922 (1922) – SN acquired by Western Pacific and becomes a subsidiary. This does not yet include the SF-S.
• 1925 (1925) – New Sacramento Union Station constructed for local interurbans SN, SF-S, CCT. The Sacramento Northern Railway is also incorporated and purchases the SNRR on November 4, under WP ownership.
• 1928 (1928) – SN acquires SF-S, and the entire Chico-Oakland route and branches is now the Sacramento Northern Railway, a WP subsidiary.
• 1939 (1939) – SN service begins over the new Bay Bridge from Oakland into downtown San Francisco.
• 1941 (1941) – Passenger service ends.
• 1954 (1954) – Suisan Bay ferry RAMON at Pittsburg quits. SN/WP arrange freight connection from Sacramento through Stockton to Pittsburg and Concord shippers via Santa Fe.