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Stockton Subdivision

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Stockton Subdivision
Richmond
Rheem
Phillips 66 Carbon Plant
(5,700 feet [1,700 m])[1]
 
Tunnel No. 4 (300 feet [91 m])[1]
Tunnel No. 5 (1,300 feet [400 m])[1]
1164.0 mi
1873.3 km
Pittsburg
NRG
Los Medanos
USS UPI
1151.9 mi
1853.8 km
Antioch–Pittsburg
Amtrak
Oakley
planned
Old River
Middle River
1122.2 mi
1806 km
1121.4 mi
1804.7 km
Stockton–San Joaquin Street
Amtrak
1120.6 mi
1803.4 km
Stockton Mechanical Department
Mariposa Yard
Riverbank
Riverbank Yard
Claus
1091.25 mi
1756.2 km
Modesto
Amtrak
1089.2 mi
1752.9 km
1079.35 mi
1737.05 km
Turlock–Denair
Amtrak
Merced Intermodal Track Connection
1056.0 mi
1699.5 km
Merced
Amtrak
1024.0 mi
1648 km
Madera
Amtrak
Storey
Madera
planned
999.7 mi
1608.9 km
SJVR Clovis Subdivision
998.1 mi
1606.3 km
Fresno
Amtrak
Clovis Subdivision
996.7 mi
1604 km
Calwa Yard
994.9 mi
1601.1 km

The Stockton Subdivision is a railroad line in the U.S. state of California owned by the BNSF Railway.[2] It runs from the Port of Richmond, where trains interchange with the Richmond Pacific Railroad, to Fresno where the railway continues south as the Bakersfield Subdivision or the Union Pacific Fresno Subdivision. The line was originally constructed by the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad in the late 1890s before being acquired by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and becoming its Valley Subdivision. BNSF spent $17.5 million to upgrade track, bridges, and crossings along the line in 2005.[3]

Stockton Subdivision tracks in Franklin Canyon, February 1985

Amtrak San Joaquins trains operate over the line from Bakersfield to Port Chicago.[4] Part of the right of way in and around Madera is planned to be utilized for the California High-Speed Rail line. Dispatching is carried out at the Regional Operations Center in San Bernardino.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Railroad Construction: San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley". The Railroad Gazette. Vol. 31, no. 26. 1899. p. 483.
  2. ^ "EIR released for Valley Rail Sacramento Extension Project". Mass Transit. San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC). April 2, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  3. ^ "BNSF Railway plans track maintenance blitz between Fresno and Richmond" (Press release). Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen. BNSF. January 26, 2005. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  4. ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 9.
  5. ^ Solomon, Brian (2008). The Railroad Never Sleeps. Voyageur Press. p. 103. ISBN 9781616731281.
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