Vaca Valley and Clear Lake Railroad

The Vaca Valley was sold at the Solano County Sheriff's auction on September 17, 1870, but retained the same name.

In 1895, sparks from a steam locomotive caused a massive fire to break out just northeast of Vacaville, with over 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) of farmland being burned, and area ranging from 3.5 miles (5.6 km) long, and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide.

[1] In 1898, the line was operated by Southern Pacific (SP) and ran from the Cal-P Oakland-Sacramento mainline at Elmira to Rumsey.

The trestle where the line crossed Putah Creek is on the east side of Winters Road.

Present-day Railroad Ave in Winters was the old grade through town and continued north along the east side of Yolo County Road 89.