Historic Packing Houses, Packing Sheds and Other Industrial Structures
in Central and Northern California

Eastside Lines: Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Visalia Electric

Copyright 2008 by James E. Lancaster, Ph.D.

Web Page Created December 2, 2008
Last Updated August 27, 2011

Joint SP-ATSF Exeter Branch
Quality, CA

All photos are copyrighted. They remain the property of the individual contributors and may not be used without permission.


February 1974 SPINS Diagram. (James Lancaster collection)


This September 1985 photo looks north and shows an SP local freight switching the M. Caratan grape processing plant.
(Robert Gaddie photo, copyright 2008)


M. Caratan Co. (also known as Columbine Vinyards) from the south, September 2008. The cold storage structure at the right was built over the former SP Exeter Branch right-of-way shown in the photo above. (James Lancaster photo)


Entrance to the M. Caratan Co. grape processing facility, September 2008. (James Lancaster photo)


M. Caratan Co., September 2008. The structure on the left was built over the former SP right-of-way. (James Lancaster photo)


M. Caratan Co., September 2008. The former SP roadbed can be seen at the bottom of the photo. (James Lancaster photo)



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