Sierra Northern Railway (SERA)
Trackage	99 Miles of trackage.
Locomotives and Cars (Pass. and Freight.)	1 Baldwin S-1 2 GP20s, 3 Baldwin S-12 Baldwin S-12 The Baldwin S-12 was a 1,200-horsepower diesel-electric locomotive intended for use in yard switching. The Baldwin Locomotive Works produced a total of 451 units between 1951 and 1956... s, 3 GP7s, 4 GE B30-7 GE B30-7 The GE B30-7 diesel locomotive model was offered first by GE in 1977, featuring a 16 cylinder motor. It is 61 ft 2 in long. A change to the original B30-7 was using the 12 cylinder FDL rated at 3000 horsepower, resulting in a B30-7A, B30-7A1 and a cabless B30-7A .B30-7As were built... s, 5 EMD GP9 EMD GP9 An EMD GP9 is a four-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division in the United States, and General Motors Diesel in Canada between January, 1954, and August, 1963. US production ended in December, 1959, while an additional thirteen units were built in Canada, including... s,
Headquarters:	Woodland, California Woodland, California Woodland is the county seat of Yolo County, California, located approximately northwest of Sacramento, and is a part of the Sacramento - Arden-Arcade - Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 55,468 at the 2010 census.Woodland's origins trace back to 1850 when California...

The Sierra Northern Railway originates from the Sacramento Northern Railway

Sacramento Northern Railway

←The Sacramento Northern Railway was originally a electric interurban railway linking Chico in northern California to the California capitol of Sacramento The original name of the line was the Chico Electric Railway, or CERY. CERY was sold after a few months of operation to the Northern Electric...

, the Northern Electric Railway, the Sierra Railroad

Sierra Railroad

The Sierra Railroad Company a privately owned common carrier which has a freight division which handles all track maintenance and freight operations for all branches owned by the Sierra Railroad Company...

, Western Pacific Railroad

Western Pacific Railroad

The Western Pacific Railroad was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was formed in 1903 as an attempt to break the near-monopoly the Southern Pacific Railroad had on rail service into northern California...

, and Yolo Shortline Railroad. It handles all freight operations and track maintenance for its parent company, the Sierra Railroad Company. The tracks that are maintained by Sierra Northern are also used by the Sierra Railroad Company's tourist trains.

History

In August 2003, the Sierra Railroad Company and the Yolo Shortline Railroad merged to form the Sierra Northern Railway. According to the AAR

Association of American Railroads

The Association of American Railroads is an industry trade group representing primarily the major freight railroads of North America . Amtrak and some regional commuter railroads are also members...

, the line operates 99 miles (159.3 km) of track in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. It serves a number of industrial areas in the state and interchanges with the Union Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific Railroad

The Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....

, the BNSF Railway

BNSF Railway

The BNSF Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It is one of seven North American Class I railroads and the second largest freight railroad network in North America, second only to the Union Pacific Railroad, its primary...

 and NWP.

Route

Oakdale, California

Oakdale, California

Oakdale is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States. It is part of the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city was founded in 1871 when the Stockton & Visalia Railroad met the Copperopolis Railroad...

 to Standard, California

Standard, California

Standard is an unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States that lies east-southeast of Sonora. Its post office, opened in 1910, is assigned ZIP code 95373. Standard was established as a company town for the Standard Lumber Company....

 (57.4 miles), Woodland to West Sacramento, California

West Sacramento, California

West Sacramento is a city in Yolo County, California. It is contiguous with Sacramento, but is separated by the Sacramento River which is also the county line, so West Sacramento is in a different county than Sacramento...

 (16 miles), Fort Bragg, California

Fort Bragg, California

Fort Bragg is a city located in coastal Mendocino County, California along State Route 1, the major north-south highway along the Pacific Coast. Fort Bragg is located west of Willits, at an elevation of 85 feet...

 to Willits, California

Willits, California

Willits is a city in Mendocino County, California, United States. Willits is located north-northwest of Ukiah, at an elevation of 1391 feet . The population was 4,888 at the 2010 census, down from 5,073 at the 2000 census. Willits is at the center of Mendocino County and its redwood forests...

 (40 miles), Davenport to Watsonville.

Junctions with other railroads

The Oakdale and West Sacramento (Lovdal)- Woodland lines have junctions with BNSF Railway

BNSF Railway

The BNSF Railway is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It is one of seven North American Class I railroads and the second largest freight railroad network in North America, second only to the Union Pacific Railroad, its primary...

 and Union Pacific while the Fort Bragg-Willits line has a junction with the soon-to-be-reopened Northwestern Pacific Railroad

Northwestern Pacific Railroad

The Northwestern Pacific Railroad is a regional railroad serving California's North Coast. The railroad currently runs on 62 miles of the 462 mile main line, stretching from Schellville, California to Eureka, California...

 in Willits. The Davenport-Watsonville has an interchange at Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California in the US. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, Santa Cruz had a total population of 59,946...

 with the Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway

Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway

The Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway is a freight and heritage railroad in Northern California.It uses diesel locomotives to haul excursion trains over an route between Olympia, California and an interchange with the Union Pacific Railroad at the Santa Cruz Wye, though the line is now...

. That railway also uses the interchange to turn its seasonal tourist trains.

External links

• Sierra Northern Railway