California Central

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California Southern Railroad - History - Consolidation
... California Southern track crews performed the construction work, and the first train on the new line arrived in Los Angeles on May 31, 1887 ... Santa Fe officials worked to consolidate the many subsidiary railroads in Southern California in order to reduce costs. 23, the eight railroads and their prominent stockholders, minus the California Southern, voted in favor of consolidation, and the California Central Railway was formed as a result on May 20 ...
Lincoln, California - History
... Judah along the proposed line of the California Central Railroad ... Wilson, one of the organizers and directors of the California Central Railroad ... lack of funds, further construction on the California Central was temporarily halted and Lincoln experienced a small-scale boom as the northern terminus of this new road ...

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