Dixon Branch
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The Dixon Branch was an interurban rail line of the Sacramento Northern Railway system, to Dixon in Solano County, California.
It ran for 11.8 miles (19.0 km) from a point on the main line known as Olcott (or Dixon Junction), that was located in Solano County between Sacramento and Rio Vista Junction.[1][2]
The line was built as the Sacramento Valley Electric Railway and commenced operation on October 10, 1914.[3][4] It was originally intended by its planner, Melville Dozier, to be operated as Vallejo and Northern and would run up the west side of the Sacramento Vallejo from Dixon Junction, through Dixon and then continue north to Woodland and terminate in Marysville. Only the track portion from Dixon Junction to Dixon was ever built.
The line was operated by the Oakland, Antioch and Eastern. The Sacramento Valley Electric Railway only survived a few years due to the interurban only serving the small Dixon community of 1,000 residents. In July 1917, permission was granted to abandon the line.[5] Service ended on August 10 and the line was largely dismantled and the rails sold off the following month.[6]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Sacramento Northern Railway". Western Railway Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
- ^ Groff, Garth G. (May 8, 2007). "A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SACRAMENTO NORTHERN". SN On-line. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008.
- ^ Swett, Ira L.; Sappers, Vernon J. (1981). Sacramento Northern: Through the Sacramento Valley. Interurban Press. p. 153. ISBN 9780916374471.
- ^ "Unit of Electric Line Opened". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. October 10, 1914. p. 17. Retrieved May 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dixon Junction Line Soon to Discontinue". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. July 25, 1917. p. 3. Retrieved May 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tears Up Rails to Satisfy $60,000 Judgement". The Solano-Napa News Chronicle. Vallejo, California. September 11, 1917. p. 2. Retrieved May 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
Further reading[edit]
- Hilton, George W.; Due, John Fitzgerald (1960). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4014-2. OCLC 237973.
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