Descriptive Summary
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Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography/Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: California and Oregon Railroad day book
Dates: 1869-1975
Collection Number: MS 112
Creator/Collector:
California and Oregon Railroad
Extent: 1 half-box
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Day book from the California and Oregon Railroad.
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection is open for research by appointment only. Please give us 7 days advance notice.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the District Collections Manager. Permission for publication is given on
behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
California and Oregon Railroad day book. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Acquisition Information
Gift of Southern Pacific Railroad, New York Collection.
Biography/Administrative History
Incorporated December 18, 1869 as a consolidation of the California & Oregon Railroad (of 1868).
• 1. California & Oregon Railroad (of 1868)
• (a) California & Oregon Railroad Company (of 1865)
• (b) Marysville Railroad Company
• (c) California Central Railroad Company
• 2. Yuba Railroad
•The California & Oregon Railroad was operated by the Central Pacific and was consolidated with it on August 22, 1870. On
that date it owned a total of 77.53 miles of track: 23.90 acquired with the Yuba Rail Road, 10.30 of the former California
Central, plus 43.33 miles between Marysville and Chico constructed between May and July of 1870. [Guy Dunscomb, A CENTURY
OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, 1862-1962 (Modesto, California: 1967), pp. 367-368]
Scope and Content of Collection
A day book from the California & Oregon Railroad dating from May 1869 to September 1875 shows daily financial transactions.
It covers the period of its operation until five years after it was consolidated with the Central Pacific.