Santa Maria Valley Railroad

Commodities hauled include: Prior traffic included: Special passenger service was only offered during World War II on the Air Base branch to transport military personnel to the Santa Maria Army Air Base for training.

The SMV was incorporated on July 14, 1911 as the Santa Maria Valley Railway at Los Angeles, California with A.

[1] The first 3.26 miles (5.25 km) of track, from the Southern Pacific connection at Guadalupe to Betteravia Junction, was actually built by the SP in August 1899 to get to a sugar mill.

The SMV also had branches running from Stowell to Air Base, Suey to Rosemary Farms and Rex to Gates.

Captain George Allan Hancock [1], a principal of the Dominion Oil Company, purchased the railroad for $75,000 at a Sheriff's auction.

The assets of the railroad were sold to Coast Belle Rail Corporation in 2006, ending an 81-year ownership by the Hancock family.

205 was sold to the Albany and Eastern Railroad in Lebanon, Oregon and is used on the Santiam Excursion Trains.