Английская Википедия:Eel River and Eureka Railroad

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Eel River and Eureka Railroad Map
The Eel River and Eureka Railroad map of 1896 showing the line from Eureka to Burnell's station.

The Eel River and Eureka Railroad company was organized on November 14, 1882, by a group of Eureka businessmen led by John M. Vance (b. Nova Scotia October 1, 1821 – d. January 1892).[1] One of the other founders of the line was William Carson.[2]

History

The primary Шаблон:Convert of the Eel River and Eureka Railroad ran from the line's office and depot at the foot of Second Street, Eureka to Burnell's station, a town near Hydesville.[3] The longest tunnel was nearly Шаблон:Convert through Table Bluff[3] between the stops of Salmon Creek and Swauger's Station.

By 1896, the Eel River and Eureka Railroad was running passenger trains twice a day, every day but Sunday when there were three trains.[4] From June 1895 to June 1896, the line had 32,811 passengers who paid a total of $24,748.70 in fares.[4] In the same period, the line earned $67,568.85 from lumber and freight, over 3,000 tons of which was butter from the Eel River Valley dairies.[4]

After the junction at Alton the Pacific Lumber Company Railroad extended south about Шаблон:Convert through and slightly beyond the town of Scotia.[3]

In October 1902, all the property and rights of the Eel River and Eureka Railroad were transferred to the San Francisco and Northwestern Railway.[5]

The tracks became part of a continuous line from San Francisco to Trinidad in the summer of 1914.[6] On December 28, 1918, the San Francisco and Northwestern Railway transferred the assets to the Northwestern Pacific Railroad.[5] The line was considered one of the toughest in the nation to build and maintain.[7]


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Depot buildings were added at all major stops. A roundhouse and depot were built in Eureka, California. The Eureka Depot building was torn down in January 1971 and two weeks later the roundhouse was also demolished.[8] The Fortuna Depot building is now a historical museum.[8]

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