A joint venture led by shortline operator OmniTRAX has acquired the Santa Maria Valley Railroad in California’s Central Coast ...

An Act to aid in the Construction of a Railroad ... Central Pacific Railroad Company of California are hereby authorized to construct a railroad and telegraph line from the Pacific coast ...

Returning home, he informed his wife, "Anna, I am going to California to be the pioneering railroad engineer of the Pacific coast." His enthusiasm earned him the nickname "Crazy Judah," but by ...