The Fernley & Lassen was a rail line of the Southern Pacific Railroad constructed in 1912–14 between Fernley, Nevada and Westwood, California, near Susanville, a distance of approximately 112 miles (180 km). The railroad was constructed to connect the Red River Lumber Company's facilities in Westwood with the Southern Pacific's main line running through Fernley. After the railroad's construction, it was heavily used by other nearby lumber companies; the maintained the longest-lived railroad connection with the Fernley & Lassen, with an active connection present between 1920–1953. Due to the Great Depression, which significantly lowered freight volume, and the completion of Western Pacific's competing branch to Westwood, however, the Fernley & Lassen's days were numbered. By 1934, passenge
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| - The Fernley & Lassen was a rail line of the Southern Pacific Railroad constructed in 1912–14 between Fernley, Nevada and Westwood, California, near Susanville, a distance of approximately 112 miles (180 km). The railroad was constructed to connect the Red River Lumber Company's facilities in Westwood with the Southern Pacific's main line running through Fernley. After the railroad's construction, it was heavily used by other nearby lumber companies; the maintained the longest-lived railroad connection with the Fernley & Lassen, with an active connection present between 1920–1953. Due to the Great Depression, which significantly lowered freight volume, and the completion of Western Pacific's competing branch to Westwood, however, the Fernley & Lassen's days were numbered. By 1934, passenge (en)
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| - Rail trails in California
- National Recreation Trail
- Railway lines closed in 1978
- Honey Lake
- Litchfield, California
- Union Pacific
- Interstate Commerce Commission
- Goumaz, California
- Southern Pacific Railroad subsidiaries
- Sierra Nevada
- Stacy, California
- Wadsworth, Nevada
- Wendel, California
- Western Pacific Railroad
- Westwood, California
- Fernley, Nevada
- Fernley and Lassen Railway Depot
- Flanigan, Nevada
- Nixon, Nevada
- Defunct Nevada railroads
- Defunct California railroads
- Lasco, California
- Leavitt, California
- Susanville, California
- Sutcliffe, Nevada
- Southern Pacific Transportation Company
- Great Depression
- Nevada State Route 427
- Nevada State Route 445
- Nevada State Route 446
- Nevada State Route 447
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| - The Fernley & Lassen was a rail line of the Southern Pacific Railroad constructed in 1912–14 between Fernley, Nevada and Westwood, California, near Susanville, a distance of approximately 112 miles (180 km). The railroad was constructed to connect the Red River Lumber Company's facilities in Westwood with the Southern Pacific's main line running through Fernley. After the railroad's construction, it was heavily used by other nearby lumber companies; the maintained the longest-lived railroad connection with the Fernley & Lassen, with an active connection present between 1920–1953. Due to the Great Depression, which significantly lowered freight volume, and the completion of Western Pacific's competing branch to Westwood, however, the Fernley & Lassen's days were numbered. By 1934, passenger traffic service had been discontinued, with local rail freighting following it in 1956. In 1978, the Interstate Commerce Commission approved the Southern Pacific's petition for removal. (en)
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