Established in 1908, the Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad provides service to several companies around the
Stockton area, in
San Joaquin County, California
San Joaquin County (; Spanish: ''San Joaquín'', meaning " St. Joachim"), officially the County of San Joaquin, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 779,233. The county seat is Stockton.
San Jo ...
.
OmniTRAX
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acquired the ST&E in 2011.
Service
![Boxcar, Stockton Terminal & Eastern](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Boxcar%2C_Stockton_Terminal_%26_Eastern.jpg)
The railroad operates of track connecting with the
BNSF Railway
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, the
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...
, and the
Central California Traction Company (CCT).
Being located in Stockton places the STE in a good situation for the consolidation and distribution of freight for companies in the region. The companies include PDM Steel,
Mizkan
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, and the Salt River Materials Group. The
Port of Stockton
The Port of Stockton is a major deepwater port on the Stockton Ship Channel of the Pacific Ocean and an inland port located more than seventy nautical miles from the ocean, in Stockton, California on the Stockton Channel and San Joaquin Riv ...
is served by the connecting Central California Traction Company (CCT)
History
The company was established in 1908, and the railway line between Stockton and Bellota began operating in 1910. Lacking money to build an
electrification system, the company purchased a steam locomotive for operations.
Legacy
The
Stockton Terminal and Eastern locomotive No. 1 is on display at the
Travel Town Museum
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in
Griffith Park
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, located in
Los Angeles
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, California.
See also
*
List of California Interurban Railroads
References
External links
Official Stockton Terminal and Eastern website*
ttp://www.uprr.com/customers/shortline/lines/ste.shtml Uprr.com: Brief history of ST&E at UPRR
California railroads
Interurban railways in California
Economy of Stockton, California
OmniTRAX
Transportation in San Joaquin County, California
Railway companies established in 1908
1908 establishments in California
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