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The Alameda Corridor is a 20-mile (32 km) freight rail "expressway" [ 1] owned by the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority ( reporting mark ATAX) that connects the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with the transcontinental mainlines of the BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad that terminate near downtown Los Angeles, California. [ 2]
Tehachapi Loop. The Tehachapi Loop is a 3,779-foot-long (0.72 mi; 1.15 km) spiral, [ 1] or helix, on the Union Pacific Railroad Mojave Subdivision through Tehachapi Pass, of the Tehachapi Mountains in Kern County, south-central California. The line connects Bakersfield and the San Joaquin Valley to Mojave in the Mojave Desert .
The same viaduct completed in February 2021. California High-Speed Rail ( CAHSR) is a publicly funded high-speed rail system being developed in California by the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Phase 1, about 494 miles (795 km) long, is planned to run from San Francisco to Los Angeles and Anaheim via the Central Valley, and is partially ...
Cajon Pass. / 34.32583°N 117.42833°W / 34.32583; -117.42833. Cajon Pass ( / kəˈhoʊn /; Spanish: Puerto del Cajón or Paso del Cajón) [ 2][ 3] is a mountain pass between the San Bernardino Mountains to the east and the San Gabriel Mountains to the west in Southern California. Created by the movements of the San Andreas Fault, it ...
Excursion. Calico and Odessa Railroad (C&OR) Fillmore and Western Railway (FWRY) Napa Valley Wine Train (NVRR) Niles Canyon Railway (NCRY) Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad [ 2] Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line (service temporarily suspended) Poway-Midland Railroad.
The Barstow Yard extends above the town of Barstow for almost 5 miles (8.0 km) along the Mojave River and occupies an area of about 600 acres (240 ha). Following the flow of traffic, the track systems of the flat station are divided from west to east into the following track groups: the arriving freight trains are directed into the entry group (approx. 10 tracks) in the west; the mainline ...
The California Department of Transportation's California State Rail Modernization Plan (2023 Draft) [8] integrates the High-Speed Rail system into its long-range passenger rail plan. The map to the right shows how the HSR system will provide connections to long distance (Amtrak) as well as commuter rail services at the north and south ends of ...
Caltrain. Caltrain ( reporting mark JPBX) is a California commuter rail line serving the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley ( Silicon Valley ). The southern terminus is in San Jose at Tamien station with weekday rush hour service running as far as Gilroy. The northern terminus of the line is in San Francisco at 4th and King Street.