Tidewater Southern Railway

Depots and Facilities..1955

The following is taken from Western Pacific Railroad Circular no. 167-E, released in 1955 and found in the archives of the California State Railroad Museum.  It gives a summary of the facilities owned by the Tidewater Southern at that time and used to support freight operations.

Ramps and Platforms available for loading and unloading carload freight

Station                    Facilities

Escalon                 Platform: open      Freight House

Hilmar                    Platform: loading, covered, Grapes and Vegetable

Manteca                Platform: covered     Freight House

Modesto                Platform: loading, covered, Grape (North Yard)

                               Platform: open auto      Freight House

                               Ramp, auto, side door delivery

Sharps Lane         Ramp and platform: truck, side door

Turlock                   Platform: open, auto     Freight House

                               Ramp, auto; side and end door delivery

Turner                    Platform: covered, Grape

Team Tracks

Station                    Capacity (cars)                 Location

Escalon                   6

Manteca                  6

Modesto                  5                                        North 99 Highway

Simms                   10

Turner                      4

Van Allen                 6

Icing Station

Station

Modesto

Information is presented in modified form from original document, however all text is given in original form.  The upshot of this is that the facilities listed for the loading/unloading stations is a bit confusing.  I hope to sort this out and make it more understandable in the future.