Northwestern Pacific Railroad

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The Northwestern Pacific Railroad was a historic rail line in Northern California that connected the San Francisco Bay Area to communities throughout Marin, Sonoma, and Humboldt counties, supporting regional passenger and freight transport.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad
railway company
beganConstruction late 19th century
completedThroughRoute 1914
country United States
crosses Golden Gate Ferry connection at Sausalito
endPoint Eureka, California
Trinidad, California
follows Eel River
linked to: Eel River Basin

Russian River
formedByMergerOf Arcata and Mad River Railroad
California Northwestern Railway
North Shore Railroad
Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad
San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad
freightServiceSuspended 1998
gauge standard gauge
hasBridge Haystack Landing Bridge
hasTunnel Tunnel No. 1 (Marin County)
Tunnel No. 27 (Eel River Canyon)
headquartersLocation San Rafael, California
linked to: San Rafael
heritageOperations Redwood Empire route excursions
historicRegion Redwood Empire
lineLength approximately 316 miles
locatedIn Northern California
opened 1914
ownedBy Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Southern Pacific Transportation Company
passengerServiceEnded 1958
primaryCommodity agricultural products
forest products
lumber
railwaySignalling automatic block signaling
track warrant control
reasonForSuspension Eel River Canyon instability
storm damage
serves Humboldt County
Marin County
San Francisco Bay Area
Sonoma County
startPoint San Rafael, California
linked to: San Rafael

Sausalito, California
linked to: Sausalito
status partly abandoned
partly in use as commuter rail corridor
successor Northwestern Pacific Railroad (short line, 2006)
Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit
transportType freight rail
passenger rail
usedBy Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit

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Tiburon historicallyAssociatedWith Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Northwestern Pacific Railroad formedByMergerOf California Northwestern Railway
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Northwestern Pacific Railroad successor Northwestern Pacific Railroad (short line, 2006)
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad owned Northwestern Pacific Railroad (jointly at times)
subject linked to: SP
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Ukiah, California hasRailHistoryWith Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Marinship shipyards transportAccess Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Tiburon as a railroad terminus servedBy Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Tiburon as a railroad terminus railroadPredecessor North Pacific Coast Railroad
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Tiburon as a railroad terminus operatedBy Northwestern Pacific Railroad
North Shore Railroad partOf Northwestern Pacific Railroad
North Shore Railroad successor Northwestern Pacific Railroad
North Shore Railroad becamePartOf Northwestern Pacific Railroad system
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad predecessorOf Northwestern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad successor Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Golden Gate Ferry connection at Sausalito servedBy Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Golden Gate Ferry connection at Sausalito railOperator Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Golden Gate Ferry connection at Sausalito connects Northwestern Pacific Railroad trains
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Golden Gate Ferry connection at Sausalito partOf Northwestern Pacific Railroad network
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Tunnel No. 1 (Marin County) partOf Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Tunnel No. 1 (Marin County) railwayLine Northwestern Pacific Railroad main line
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Tunnel No. 1 (Marin County) operator Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Tunnel No. 27 (Eel River Canyon) partOf Northwestern Pacific Railroad main line
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Tunnel No. 27 (Eel River Canyon) locatedOn Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Redwood Empire route excursions operatesOn Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Redwood Empire route excursions basedOn historic Northwestern Pacific Railroad
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Haystack Landing Bridge carries Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Haystack Landing Bridge partOf Northwestern Pacific Railroad line
linked to: Northwestern Pacific Railroad