San Joaquin Valley Railroad
The San Joaquin Valley Railroad is one of several short line railroad companies and is part of the Western Region Division of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It operates over about 371 miles (597 km) of owned or leased track primarily on several lines in California's Central Valley/San Joaquin Valley around Fresno and Bakersfield. The SJVR has trackage rights over Union Pacific between Fresno, Goshen, Famoso, Bakersfield and Algoso. The SJVR also operated for the Tulare Valley Railroad (TVRR) from Calwa to Corcoran and Famoso.
Exeter Subdivision near Monson, California, in 2012
North Joint subdivision (former SP Exeter Branch) near end-of-track at Hollis.
Four different SJVR locomotives in Bakersfield - GP38-2, BL20-2, GP40, and GP15-1.
Visalia is a city in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley of California. The population was 141,384 as per the 2020 census. Visalia is the fifth-largest city in the San Joaquin Valley, the 40th most populous in California, and 192nd in the United States. As the county seat of Tulare County, Visalia serves as the economic and governmental center to one of the most productive agricultural counties in the country.
Image: Visalia Tranist Center 2011 (cropped)
Image: Visalia Fox Theatre 2013 (cropped)
Image: Visalia Bus Transit Center Partial view 2013 (cropped)
Image: 2009 0725 CA Visalia Bankof Italty
