Corporate History of the Central Pacific
Railway Co.,
as of June 30, 1916,
as transmitted to the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
The railroad was opened for traffic as follows:
| FROM | TO | DISTANCE | DATE OPENED | ||||
| Sacramento, Cal. | Roseville Jct., Cal. | 18.5 miles | April 26, 1864 | ||||
| Roseville, Cal. | NewCastle, Cal. | 12.75 miles | June 6, 1864 | ||||
| NewCastle, Cal. | Auburn, Cal. | 4.89 miles | May 13, 1865 | ||||
| Auburn, Cal. | Clipper Gap, Cal. | 6.71 miles | June 10, 1865 | ||||
| Clipper Gap, Cal. | Colfax, Cal. | 11.34 miles | September 1, 1865 | ||||
| Colfax, Cal. | Dutch Flat, Cal. | 12.59 miles | July 5, 1866 | ||||
| Dutch Flat, Cal. | Alta, Cal. | 1.87 miles), | July 11, 1866 | ||||
| Alta, Cal. | Cisco, Cal. | 23.26 miles | December 3, 1866 | ||||
| Cisco, Cal. | Summit, Cal. | 13.30 miles | November, 1867 | ||||
| Summit, Cal. | Truckee, Cal. | 14.31 miles | April 3, 1868 | ||||
| Truckee, Cal. | Reno, Nev. | 34.95 miles | June 19, 1868 | ||||
| Reno, Nev. | Wadsworth, Nev. | 34.40 miles | July, 22, 1868 | ||||
| Wadsworth, Nev. | Browns, Nev. | 46.11 miles | August 21, 1868 | ||||
| Browns, Nev. | Oreana, Nev. | 27.84 miles | September 20, 1868 | ||||
| Oreana, Nev. | Winnemucca, Nev. | 61.44 miles | October 1, 1868 | ||||
| Winnemucca, Nev. | Argenta, Nev. | 71.97 miles | November 19, 1868 | ||||
| Argenta, Nev. | Elko, Nev. | 71.71 miles | January 25, 1869 | ||||
| Elko, Nev. | Monument Point, Utah | about 198 miles | April 15, 1869 | ||||
| Monument Point, Utah | Junction with Union Pacific Railroad |
about 72.51 miles | May 11, 1869. |
Data Summarized from Report of Chf. Engr's. C.P. Rd., Doc.
1864; U.S. Pac. Ry.
Com. Report, 1887; S. F. Bulletin 5/13/1889; Poor's
Manual, 1870) [reformatted]
Courtesy G.J. "Chris" Graves.