California Northern Railroad

California Northern Railroad
CFNR #105 EMD GP15-1.
Overview
HeadquartersWoodland, California
Reporting markCFNR
LocaleNorthern California
Dates of operation1993–present
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length255 mi (410 km)[1]
Other
Websitegwrr.com/cfnr
California Northern Railroad
Schellville–Suisun
Dist.
Station
63.4
Schellville
Trackage Rights
via NWP
Streblo
Rocktram
Middleton
62.0
Lombard
61.0
54.2
Cordelia Tunnel
51.1
Busch
Sheldon United
48.9
Tehama–Davis
186.3
Tehama
181.6
Richfield
178.5
Corning
167.0
Branch to Hamilton at Wyo
165.4
Orland
156.8
Artois
Branch to Johns Manville
149.9
Willows
138.3
Delavan
133.0
Maxwell
129.1
Cortena
124.2
Williams
117.6
Genevra
113.5
Arbuckle
108.3
Harrington
106.4
Adams
103.2
Dunnigan
95.8
Zamora
92.1
Dufour
89.9
Yolo
84.9
Woodland
75.6
Tracy–Los Banos
Tracy
Lyoth
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Vernalis
Solyo
Westly
Patterson
Crows Landing
Newman
Gustine
Ingomar
Volta
Los Banos
Fresno

The California Northern Railroad (reporting mark CFNR) is one of several Class III short-line railroad companies owned by Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. It operates over Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) tracks (now Union Pacific Railroad) under a long-term lease.

The CFNR was originally owned by the Park-Sierra Rail Group (owner David L. Parkinson of St. Helena, California), who also owned the Arizona and California Railroad and the Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad. The CFNR was later sold to RailAmerica in 2002.[1] Genesee & Wyoming, another shortline holding company, bought RailAmerica in December 2012.

The railroad transports mainly food and agricultural commodities, as well as stone products. It moved around 26,000 carloads of goods in 2008.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. June 2010.