The Inter-California Railway, known in Spanish as the Ferrocarril Inter-California, also known as the Inter-Cal, is a former railroad line which connected the Californias by train. It operated between the American state of California and the Mexican state of Baja California.

History

The Inter-California Railway was incorporated on 15 June 1904, as a subsidiary of Southern Pacific Railroads.California Department of Fish & Wildlife - The Railroad in the Salton Sink
/ref> In 1929, the Mexicali and Gulf Railway was reorganized as the southern line of Inter-Cal. Inter-Cal's lines in Mexico became the

Ferrocarril Sonora-Baja California Futbol Club Sonsonate is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Sonsonate, El Salvador. The club plays its home games at Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos, a stadium located in the City suburb of Sonsonate, Sonsonate, since 2009. The team is ...

in 1960.

Lines

Main line

The Inter-California Railway's northern terminus was in Niland, California, where the line connected to the Sunset line of Southern Pacific Railroads.Stanford Libraries - Existing & Proposed Connections Between Sou. Pac. R.R. & Inter-Calif Ry
/ref> The Inter-Cal then continued down through the Imperial Valley until Calexico, California, just north of the United States-Mexico border.Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association - San Diego’s “Impossible Railroad”
/ref> From Calexico, the Inter-Cal crossed the border into Mexicali, Baja California and then continued through the Mexicali Valley, before crossing the border again at Los Algodones, Baja California and finally terminating at Araz Junction in Andrade, California, where the line reconnected to the Sunset line.

History

Lines

Main line

References

See also