The Inter-California Railway, known in Spanish as the Ferrocarril Inter-California, also known as the Inter-Cal, is a former railroad line which connected the Californias by train. It operated between the American state of California and the Mexican state of Baja California.
History
The Inter-California Railway was incorporated on 15 June 1904, as a subsidiary of Southern Pacific Railroads.[1][2]
In 1929, the Mexicali and Gulf Railway was reorganized as the southern line of Inter-Cal.
Inter-Cal's lines in Mexico became the Ferrocarril Sonora-Baja California in 1960.
Souther Pacific was later acquired by Union Pacific. Inter-Cal's line from Niland to Calexico remains in operation as UP's Calexico Subdivision, interchanging with Ferromex at the US-Mexico borer.