Central
California Traction - (en)
The Central California Traction (AAR reporting marks CCT) is a Class III
short-line railroad operating in Northern California. It is owned jointly
by the Union Pacific and BNSF Railway. The railroad extends from the Port
of Stockton to Lodi, California. The railroad at one time extended from
Lodi - Sacramento, but that portion of the line has been out of service
since 1998, although the tracks remain in place. The line currently
operates between Lodi and Stockton and operates the Stockton Public Belt
Railway around the Port of Stockton. CCT logo on this page drawn by David
Epling, Webmaster of the CCT Website (See external links below) and is
used with his permission.
History
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 an electric interurban
railway, 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 Stockton to Sacramento until
1998 when service between Lodi and Sacramento was suspended. Currently the
line between Stockton and Sacramento is being kept for future operational
options.
