Central California Traction Company

Class III railroad in San Joaquin County

Central California Traction Company

Overview
Parent company| Union Pacific
BNSF Railway
Headquarters| Stockton, California
Reporting mark| CCT
Locale| San Joaquin Valley, California
Dates of operation| 1905 (1905)-
Technical
Track gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification| 1,200 V DC (former)
Length| 78 miles (126 km)[1]
Other
Website| www.cctrailroad.com

CCT Interurban

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Legend

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The Central California Traction Company (reporting mark CCT) is a Class III short-line railroad operating in the northern San Joaquin Valley, in San Joaquin County, California. It is owned jointly by the Union Pacific and BNSF Railway.

## Service[edit]

The railroad operates between Stockton and Lodi. CCT also operates the Stockton Public Belt Railway around the Port of Stockton.

It connects to the Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad company freight lines that serve greater Stockton. Several miles of the CCT track through Acampo are being used to store rolling stock, primarily Centerbeam flatcars that carry lumber, as of 2009.

CCT locomotive model BL21CG, built by Brookville Industries

## History[edit]

The Central California Traction Company was founded on August 7, 1905, as an alternative city streetcar line to the Stockton Electric Railroad. The company soon had greater ambitions and became a 1,200-volt DC electric interurban railway,[1] opening a line from Stockton to Lodi in 1907, and reaching Sacramento by 1910.

In 1928, the railroad was sold by the original owners and was then jointly purchased by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad.

The railroad operated over the same line from Lodi and Stockton to Sacramento until 1998, when service to Sacramento was suspended. Currently the tracks remain between Stockton and Sacramento, being kept for future operational options.

One of the Central California Traction Company train stations survives in Acampo, just north of Lodi. This station was converted into a residence, with interior walls and an expansion.

## Locomotive roster[edit]

Model  | Road no.

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GE 44-ton switcher | 25

GE 70-ton switcher | 30

ALCO S1 | 40

ALCO S2 | 43

EMD GP7u | 44
ALCO S4 | 50
EMD GP7 | 70

700
ALCO RS-1 | 80
Brookville BL12CG | 1201 & 1202
EMD SW1500 | 1222
1501
1502
1503
1504
NRE 3GS21B | BNSF 1243, 1247 & 1270
Brookville BL20CG | 2101
EMD GP18 | 1790
1795

## See also[edit]

* Railways portal

* List of California Interurban Railroads
* Sacramento Northern Railway
* Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad

## References[edit]

### Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b Demoro, Harre W. (1986). California's Electric Railways. Glendale, California: Interurban Press. p. 202\. ISBN 0-916374-74-2.

### Bibliography[edit]

* Fickewirth, Alvin A. (1992). California railroads: an encyclopedia of cable car, common carrier, horsecar, industrial, interurban, logging, monorail, motor road, shortlines, streetcar, switching and terminal railroads in California (1851-1992). San Marino, CA.: Golden West Books. ISBN 0-87095-106-8.
* Hilton, George W.; Due, John F. (2000) [1960]. The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4014-3.
* Middleton, Wm. D. (2000) [1964]. The Interurban Era. Kalmbach Publishing Co. Milwaukee, WI. ISBN 978-0-89024-003-8.
* Robertson, Donald B. (1998). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History - Volume IV - California. Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers. ISBN 0-87004-385-4.
* Stanley, David G.; Moreau, Jeffrey J. (2002). The Central California Traction Company. Lompoc, CA: Western Star Distributors. ISBN 1-930013-06-X.
* Stindt, Fred A. (1996). American Shortline Railway Guide - 5th Ed. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Publishing. ISBN 0-89024-290-9.
* Walker, Mike (1997). Steam Powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California and Nevada - Post Merger Ed. Faversham, Kent, United Kingdom: Steam Powered Publishing. ISBN 1-874745-08-0.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Central California Traction Company.

* Official Central California Traction Company−CCT website
* Comprehensive Trainweb.org: CCT Site
* Trainweb.org: Current CCT Locomotive Roster
* Cencalrails.railfan.net: Photographs of CCT
* Donsdepot.net: Photographs of CCT
* Western Pacific Railroad Museum — home of CCT Caboose #24.
* Tidewatersouthern.com: CCT Steeple Cab locomotive #100.
* Davesrailpix.com: Photograph collection of all interurbans — includes CCT and TS.

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* Arizona & California Railroad
* Baja California Railroad
* BNSF
* Central California Traction Company
* California Northern Railroad
* Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad
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* Los Angeles Junction Railway
* Merced County Central Valley Railroad
* Modesto & Empire Traction Company
* Napa Valley Wine Train
* Northwestern Pacific Railroad
* Pacific Harbor Line
* Quincy Railroad
* Richmond Pacific Railroad
* Sacramento Southern Railroad
* Sacramento Valley Railroad
* San Francisco Bay Railroad
* Santa Cruz, Big Trees & Pacific Railway
* Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Railroad
* San Diego & Imperial Valley Railroad
* Sierra Northern Railway
* San Joaquin Valley Railroad
* Santa Maria Valley Railroad
* Stockton Terminal & Eastern Railroad
* Trona Railway
* Union Pacific
* Ventura County Railroad
* West Oakland Pacific Railroad
* Yreka Western Railroad

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See also: Former carriers in California * List of United States railroads by political division

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