Tracy station (Southern Pacific Railroad)

Tracy
Tracy Depot shown on a postcard, c. 1901–1907
General information
LocationTracy, California
History
Opened1878
ClosedApril 30, 1971
Rebuilt1903
Former services
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Bethany
toward Oakland Pier
 San Joaquin Valley Line Lathrop
toward Los Angeles
San Joaquin Valley Line
via West Side
 Patterson
toward Los Angeles
Livermore
toward Oakland Pier
 Overland Route Lathrop
toward Ogden

Tracy was a railway station in Tracy, California. When Southern Pacific built their new railway line around Suisun Bay in September 1878, the connection was made at a point three miles east of Ellis – the junction and town built around it were named Tracy.[1][2] The West Side Line was built from here, with service starting in 1892.[3] Southern Pacific moved their operational headquarters to Tracy from Lathrop in 1894.[4]

A new station building was constructed on the site in 1903.[5] The first station building was moved to C and 4th Streets, and eventually torn down.[6]

The Sacramento Daylight was truncated here after about 1970, where passengers could catch the connecting San Joaquin Daylight to continue to Los Angeles.[7] Passenger service ended on April 30, 1971.[8]

  1. ^ "The New Railroad Branch". Morning Union. Vol. 23, no. 3557. August 31, 1878. Retrieved June 21, 2021 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection. Tide Level Branch of the Central Pacific Railroad, between Oakland and Sacramento, will be started into operation about the 1st of September. This route leaves the Western Division at Tracey, a new station located about half-way between Ellis and Bantas; thence it runs to Martinez, and follows the edge of San Pablo and San Francisco bays to Oakland wharf. Ellis Station will be abandoned after Sunday, September 1st, and all the buildings at that point are to be moved up to Tracey. ... Sacramento Bee
  2. ^ THS 2004, p. 7
  3. ^ Kennedy, Christi (May 20, 2005). "Tracy traces its roots back to railroad company". Lodi News-Sentinel. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  4. ^ THS 2004, p. 12
  5. ^ THS 2004, p. 11
  6. ^ THS 2004, p. 10
  7. ^ Pyron 2010, p. 31
  8. ^ "The passenger train era ends". Tracy Press. April 30, 1971. p. 1. Retrieved September 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon