Tidewater Southern Railway

History...1910-2001

Dreams of Empire

1910-1917

beginnings of the railroad, construction days,                 and purchase by the Western Pacific

Death of an Interurban

1918-1946

freight traffic grows, the interurbans decline,                   and the plug is pulled on electric power

Doing the Job

1947-1966

diesels take over as the road upgrades for the future

Always Never the Same

1967-1976

ever changing motive power oversees                            the railroad's slide into anonymity

The Beginning of the End

1977-1985

The Tidewater as a paper road:                                     WP days and the coming of the Union Pacific

• The Tidewater Journal, publication of the TSRy Historical Society
• "Tidewater Southern", The Western Railroader, issue 131, September 1950
• Ken Rattenne's Tidewater Southern webpages
• The Feather River Route, vol. 1&2 by Ken Rattenne
• Western Pacific's Diesel Years by Joseph Strapac
• Western Pacific's Steam Locomotives, Passenger Trains and Cars by Guy Dunscomb and Fred Stindt
• Central California Traction Company, by David Stanley and Jeffrey Moreau
• Pacific News, January 1974
• Tidewater Southern Timetables
• various reports in CTC Board, X2200 South, Pacific Rail News/Rail News, and others
• various information, reports, and observations by and/or credited to Jim Eagers, Frank Brehm, Thom Anderson, Garth G. Groff, Kent Stephens, Art Lloyd, Kirk Baer, and others

History Chapters Bibliography

Complete website credits are listed on Credits and Links page

Alive and Kicking

1985-2002

the Tidewater Subdivision of the Union Pacific

The "Tidybowl" Today

after 2002

current operations