Stockton is starting point of the railroad. Steamers from San Francisco dock in the Stockton Channel and exchange passengers freight directly into the waiting steamcars. It is also home to several flour mills, grain warehouses and various other industries.

My model of Stockton will be very close to what existed there in the 1890s. The three-track covered depot is prominent on the wharf and will be modeled to scale size. Across the street from the depot is part of the downtown business district with hotels, saloons and other providers of necessities.

The railroad serves two of the three largest mills in the city: The Stockton Flouring Mills and the Crown Mill. The Eureka Warehouse and Farmers' Co-Op Warehouse are representative of the several that once existed here. At the extreme west end of the street is the railroad's turntable and engine house.

Stockton was once home to at least three manufacturers of windmills and I felt that at least one of those should be served by rail. There were other large industries which shipped by rail as well. I freelanced a long industrial spur running behind the main buildings to serve R.F. Wilson (windmills), the Pacific Tannery, Simpson & Gray Lumber and the Globe Iron Works.

As the railroad leaves the depot area, it runs down a greatly abbreviated section of Weber Avenue past the Stockton Agricultural Works and the Standard Oil Depot. They then pass the Central Pacific crossing where cars can be interchanged.

 

 

 

 

 

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