Stockton Electric Railroad
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The Stockton Electric Railroad was the streetcar system serving Stockton, California.[2] The company was under the control of Southern Pacific Railroad until 1939 when it was sold to Pacific City Lines.[3][4] By 1931, the railroad operated 40 streetcars over 28 miles (45 km) of track.[5]
Incorporated in 1891, the company bought the mule-powered Stockton Street Railway Company (which was itself founded in 1871).[6] Electric service began on July 15, 1892 and mules were eliminated the following month.[7][8][9] Southern Pacific acquired the company in 1905, prompting full conversion of the narrow gauge rails to standard gauge.[9] Starting in 1915, the Central California Traction Company began leasing their own streetcar lines in Stockton to the SER,[2] bringing nearly all local operations under their control. Pacific City Lines acquired the railroad's assets in April 1939 and converted operations to buses in September 1941.[10]
Lines
By 1927, the company operated six lines:[4]
- Main and El Dorado Line
- California and San Joaquin Line
- Vine and Ophir Line
- Center and Aurora Line
- Poplar and Weber Avenue Line
- Pilgrim Street Branch
