The California and Nevada Railroad was a steam narrow gauge railroad which ran in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 19th century. It was incorporated on March 25, 1884. J.S. Emery was listed as the railroad's president, for which present day Emeryville is named after. On March 1, 1885 the track was completed between Oakland and San Pablo via Emeryville. The track to Oak Grove (present day El Sobrante) was completed on January 1, 1887. The East Bay is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 158,302 sq mi  410,000 km² 250 miles  400 km 770 miles  1,240 km 4. ... Rail gauge is the distance between two rails of a railroad. ... Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is a major city on the east side (also called East Bay) of San Francisco Bay in Northern California in the United States. ... East Bay Township, Michigan East Bay (California) is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area East Bay (Rhode Island) is a region of Rhode Island This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... San Pablo is a city located in Contra Costa County, California. ... El Sobrante is a census-designated place located in Contra Costa County, California. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ...

The California and Nevada was intended to run from a pier on San Francisco Bay in Emeryville, then across central California to Bodie east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, and then further east to a connection with the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. A shortage of capital and constant problems with washed-out tracks however prevented the line from ever getting any further than Orinda just over the Berkeley Hills. For most of its duration, the railroad was primarily run for weekend excursions. By 1891 it owned and operated 22 miles of track. The city of Emeryville highlighted within Alameda County Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California. ... Bodie, California, from cemetery Bodie, California, is a ghost town on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States, about 75 miles (120 km) southeast of Lake Tahoe. ... The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range that is almost entirely in eastern California. ... Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Colorado railroads | New Mexico railroads | Utah railroads ... Orinda is a city located in Contra Costa County, California. ... The Berkeley Hills are a range of the Pacific Coast Ranges which overlook the northeast side of the valley in which San Francisco Bay is situated. ...

On May 29, 1896 and again on July 12, 1899 the railroad was placed into receivership. After 1900 the railroad ceased to operate. The railroad was sold at foreclosure on November 29, 1902. May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ... Foreclosure is the legal proceeding in which a bank or other secured creditor sells or repossesses a piece of real property (immovable property) due to the owners failure to comply on its promissory note. ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Oakland & East Side Railroad

The nascent pier into San Francisco Bay was acquired by "Borax" Smith who used it as the basis for construction of his massive interurban Key System causeway and ferry pier. San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining of approximately forty percent of California, flowing in Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... Francis Marion Smith Francis Marion Smith (aka Borax Smith and the Borax King) (February 2, 1846 - August 27, 1931) was an American business magnate and civic builder of Oakland, CA. Smith Mountain in Death Valley, California is named after him. ... An interurban, also called a radial railway in Canada, is a streetcar line running between urban areas or from urban to rural areas. ... The Key System (or Key Route) was a company that provided mass transit in the cities of Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, San Leandro, Richmond, Albany and El Cerrito in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area from the 1900s until 1960 when the system was sold to a newly formed public...

On March 7, 1903 the Oakland and East Side Railroad began operations as a "paper railroad" (non-operating subsidiary) of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Santa Fe Railway acquired the California & Nevada to gain access to Oakland from the Santa Fe's terminal at Richmond, California. The track east of San Pablo to Orinda was abandoned. In 1903, Santa Fe converted the narrow gauge to standard track gauge between San Pablo and Oakland. Upon completion of the standardization, on May 16, 1904, the Oakland and East Side Railroad was leased to the Santa Fe. March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ... Richmond is a city located in Contra Costa County, California, USA. It is north of El Cerrito and Albany in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Route

• Oakland
• Emery (Emeryville)
• Albany
• El Cerrito
• Richmond
• San Pablo
• Oak Grove (El Sobrante)
• Fargos
• Orinda Park
• Bryant

The right-of-way today

The track from San Pablo to Orinda follows much of the route of the San Pablo Dam Road through El Sobrante. The Santa Fe line between Richmond and Oakland was abandoned by the Santa Fe in the early 1980s when the Santa Fe obtained trackage rights into Oakland via Southern Pacific Railroad's parallel line to the west. Today, BART operates above the original California & Nevada right-of-way between El Cerrito Del Norte Station and Albany. The Southern Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark SP) was an American railroad. ... BART (in full, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District) is a rapid transit electric train service that serves parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, including the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Fremont, and Walnut Creek. ... El Cerrito is the name of two municipalities in the U.S. state of California: El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California El Cerrito, Riverside County, California This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Albany is a city located in Alameda County, California. ...

Reference

• Hanson, Earl C. (1994). The True Story of the California and Nevada Railroad: Narrow Gauge in the East Bay, Golden, Colorado: Colorado Rail Museum. ISBN 9-99543-981-6.
• Robertson, Donald B. (1998). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History - Volume IV - California, 173, Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers. ISBN 0-87004-385-4.