Calico and Odessa Railroad
The Calico & Odessa Railroad is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge[1] heritage railroad in the ghost town of Calico, California, headquartered in Yermo, California. It was named for the town and mountain range of Calico and the nearby Odessa Canyon.[2]
It is a remake of the 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge Waterloo Mining Railroad, the original narrow gauge railroad line that hauled silver ore (and later borax) from Calico to the mills of Daggett in the 1880s, although the present-day tracks do not follow the trackbed of the original one.[3]
The railroad, like Calico itself, is now operated as a San Bernardino county historic park. Visitors to the park may take a short ride on the railroad for a fee.
See also
Railways portal
References
External links
- Calico Ghost Town - official website Archived 2013-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Extensive history of Calico, pics of the Railroad
- Website regarding the Railroad
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- Edwards Air Force Base
- Southern California Railroad
- USG Corporation
- West Isle Line, Inc.
- Calico and Odessa Railroad
- California Trolley and Railroad Corporation
- California Western Railroad
- Disneyland Monorail System
- Disneyland Railroad
- Ghost Town & Calico Railroad
- Niles Canyon Railway
- Napa Valley Wine Train
- Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
- Poway–Midland Railroad
- Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway
- Sierra Railroad
- Sacramento RiverTrain
- Sacramento Southern Railroad
- Western Pacific Railroad Museum
- Western Railway Museum
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
- See also
- Former carriers in California
- List of United States railroads by political division
