GC11ZEN Amador Central Railroad (Traditional Cache) in California, United States created by 4JCSeek&Find

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Hidden : 4/6/2007

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Amador Central Railroad

The Amador Central Railroad (AMC) was a standard gauge railroad that operated 11.8 miles between a connection with the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) at Ione and Martell near the town of Jackson, California. The carrier served the Sierra Nevada Foothills gold mining community as well as lumber products from the El Dorado National Forest. Amador is the name of the county in which the railroad operated and the name of the city north of Martell.

History

The Amador Central traces its history back to the Ione & Eastern Railroad. In 1904, the Ione & Eastern proposed to build a 14-mile line from Ione to Sutter Creek and then an additional 13 miles to Volcano, California. The Ione & Eastern only completed a line to Martell. The railroad survived only four years and was sold at foreclosure in 1908 and renamed the Amador Central Railroad.

Timeline

April 12, 1904 Ione & Eastern Railroad incorporated
August 1, 1904 Grading commences
September 19, 1904 Laying rails commences
December 25, 1904 First trains operates
June 15, 1905 Construction completed.
August 22, 1908 Ione & Eastern sold at foreclosure and to terminate operations at year end
January 1, 1909 AMC begins operation of line.
January 1, 1946 AMC leased by Winton Lumber Company
June 22, 1964 AMC purchased by American Forest Products
June 1988 AMC acquired by Georgia-Pacific
March 28, 1997 AMC's owner, Georgia-Pacific, acquired by Sierra Pacific Industries and last freight train runs.
1999 Sierra Pacific Industries reopens line and renames AMC the Amador Foothills Railroad
May 10, 2004 Last train on the Amador Foothills Railroad operates[1]

Engine Number Seven, Iron Ivan can be seen in Ione, CA. (visit link)

April 9 by jerryw38
This railroad right of way is now owned by a group of rail fans that own speeders:ie putt-putts or motorcars.
They are holding an Ione Rail Fair on May 11-12 at the end of the tracks in Ione and will be operating their cars to Martel.
For more information about group see (visit link)
I belong to MOW and will be there for the event.
jerryw38

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Decryption Key

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