Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad

Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad
logo_filename=
logo_size=
old_gauge=
marks=
locale=Tracy, California
start_year=1895
end_year=1903
hq_city=Stockton, California

The Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad was incorporated on May 1 1895 to serve the coal mines of the San Francisco & San Joaquin Coal Company at Corral Hollow, CA. The convert|36.6|mi|km|sing=on line ran from Corral Hollow/Tesla (located in the hills south of Altamont Pass) to Tracy and then up to Lathrop and Stockton. The line was constructed in 1895. On July 25 1903 the line was sold to the Western Pacific Railway (WP).

Route

The line from Tesla - Carbona was abandoned by the WP in January 1916, however an April 1916 timetable continued to show that line.
*Tesla (Corral Hollow)
*Harrietville
*Walden Pottery
*Carnegie
*Manganese
*River Rock
*Kerlinger
*Carbona (near present day Union Pacific CP F072)

The remainder of the line from Carbona to Stockton became the WP's mainline (today's Union Pacific) route from Tracy to Stockton.
*Carbona
*Tracy (CP F074)
*Lyoth (CP F075)
*Wyche (CP F082/F083)
*Lathrop (CP F084/F087) Sharpe Army Depot
*French Camp
*Ortega (CP F090)
*Stockton Yard (CP F091/F092)
*Stockton Tower (CP F093)

References

*cite book | author=Robertson, Donald B.| title=Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History - Volume IV - California| publisher=The Caxton Printers | location=Caldwell, Idaho|pages=69| year=1998| editor=| id=ISBN 0-87004-385-4