Research Catalog
Sacramento Southern Railroad /
- Title
- Sacramento Southern Railroad / Kevin W. Hecteman.
- Author
- Hecteman, Kevin W.
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : Arcadia, ©2009.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | TF24.C3 H43 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 127 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The Sacramento Southern Railroad was born into a famous railroad family and a busy railroad town in July 1903. The mighty Southern Pacific, which controlled the new line from the outset, built south from Sacramento along the eastern bank of the Sacramento River into the delta's rich farmland area. At its zenith, the line was about 31 miles long, serving the communities of Freeport, Hood, Locke, Walnut Grove, and Isleton. Trains on what became known as the Walnut Grove Branch hauled pears, sugar beets, asparagus and other products from the agricultural region's packing sheds and canneries. Competition from trucking and damage from flooding took a severe toll on the railroad, and the Southern Pacific largely abandoned it by 1978, but a portion lives on as a labor of love.
- Series Statement
- Images of rail
- Uniform Title
- Images of rail.
- Subjects
- Railroads
- Historic buildings
- Cities and towns
- Cities and towns > California > Locke > History
- Sacramento Southern Railroad
- California > Delta Region
- California > Walnut Grove
- Delta Region (Calif.) > History > Pictorial works
- California > Locke
- Railroads > California > Delta Region > History > Pictorial works
- History
- California > Isleton
- Pictorial works
- California > Hood
- Cities and towns > California > Hood > History
- Cities and towns > California > Isleton > History
- Cities and towns > California > Walnut Grove > History
- Cities and towns > California > Freeport > History
- Local histories > California > Sacramento River Delta
- California > Freeport
- Historic buildings > California > Delta Region > History > Pictorial works
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Local histories – California – Sacramento River Delta.
- Pictorial works.
- Note
- Captioned photographs.
- Contents
- The prehistory of the Sacramento Southern -- Beginnings and purpose -- Sacramento -- Freeport -- Hood -- Locke and Walnut Grove -- Isleton -- Decline and abandonment -- Revival -- Still workin' on the railroad.
- ISBN
- 9780738569864
- 0738569860
- LCCN
- 2008934517
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library