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[[File:Santa Fe Valley Map 1980.png|thumb|400px|right|Valley Division Map]][[File:Hanford ATSF station 1910 postcard.jpg|thumb|right|Hanford station in 1910]]
The '''Valley Division''' of the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] ran from [[San Francisco]] to [[Barstow, California|Barstow]] in California. It is currently in operation as the [[BNSF Railway]]'s [[Stockton Subdivision]] and [[Bakersfield Subdivision]].<ref name="salute">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm1cYTkXqnw |title=Santa Fe Salute Part 2 |publisher=Daylight Productions |type=video |access-date=23 February 2021 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref name="twodec">{{Cite web|url=https://morningsunbooks.com/products/santa-fe-valley-division-the-last-two-decades-ebook|title=Santa Fe Valley Division - The Last Two Decades (eBook)|website=Morning Sun Books}}</ref>
Much of the line south to [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]], was constructed in the 1890s as part of the [[San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad]]. Passenger services between Richmond and Oakland began in June 1904.<ref>{{Robertson-Western Railroad|page=315}}</ref> Passenger service on that segment ended in the 1950s.<ref name=CP116>{{cite news |last1=Wheeler |first1=Stephen |title=Santa Fe Right-Of-Way: Analysis Report |url=http://www.bpfp.org/SFRW/SFRWAnalysisReport.pdf |access-date=9 December 2020 |agency=City Planning 116 Studio |publisher=[[University of California at Berkeley]] |date=Spring 2003}}</ref>
The Valley Division and Los Angeles Division were merged into the "California Division" in 1988.<ref name="snug">{{Cite web|url=http://www.snugglebunny.us/railroad/cat_view/22-general-downloads/44-railroad/45-santa-fe|title=Downloads &#124; Santa Fe &#124; Railroad &#124; General Downloads|website=www.snugglebunny.us}}</ref>
However by 1996, BNSF had divided the line into four subdivisions:<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company |title=System Timetable No. 5 |date=16 April 1996}}</ref>
* [[Bakersfield Subdivision|Bakersfield]] (Bakersfield to Calwa);
* [[Stockton Subdivision|Stockton]] (Calwa to Richmond);
* [[Riverbank Subdivision|Riverbank]] (Riverbank to Oakdale);
* Sunset Railway (Gosford to Taft); and most of a fifth,
* [[Mojave Subdivision|Mojave]] (Hutt to Bakersfield, with trackage rights on Southern Pacific's Tahachapi line).
==Spurs==
'''Fresno Interurban District''': In the [[Fresno]] area, a spur known as the Fresno Interurban District ran from Fresno to the east.  The stations on that spur were Hammond, Cincotta, Bartonette, Cameo, Burness, Fairview, Big Bunch, Zediker, Riverbend, Elk, and Belmont Ave.<ref name="book">{{Cite web|url=https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/santa-fe-valley-division-vignettes-130077155|title=Santa Fe Valley Division Vignettes, ATSF Railroad &#124; #130077155|website=Worthpoint}}</ref>  The [[Tulare Valley Railroad]] acquired the tracks from Hammond to Cameo around 1992.
'''Laton and Western Railroad''':  South of Frenso, a line from [[Laton, California|Laton]] west to [[Lanare, California|Lanare]] was constructed from 1910 to 1912.  An abandonment application for the line, approximately 17.56 miles, was filed in 1980.  Other stations on the spur, running west from Laton, were Shirley, Gepford, and Shilling.<ref name="laton">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abandonedrails.com/laton-district|title=The Laton District - Abandoned Rails|website=www.abandonedrails.com}}</ref>
'''Arvin Subdivision''':  A 17-mile spur from Magunden to [[Arvin, California|Arvin]], acquired by the [[Tulare Valley Railroad]] in 1992, and later the [[San Joaquin Valley Railroad]]
==References==
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