U.S. Gypsum Company - Revision history

Andrew Brandon at 18:57, 3 October 2020

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	==History== <span style="float:right;">__TOC__</span>		==History==
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	The United States Gypsum Corporation (USG) currently operates an active 20.5 mile industrial narrow gauge railroad connecting their gypsum quarry to their plant at Plaster City (formerly Maria). The line hauls gypsum rock from the quarry to the plant.		The United States Gypsum Corporation (USG) currently operates an active 20.5 mile industrial narrow gauge railroad connecting their gypsum quarry to their plant at Plaster City (formerly Maria). The line hauls gypsum rock from the quarry to the plant.

Andrew Brandon at 18:57, 3 October 2020

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	===History===<span style="float:right;">__TOC__</span>		==History== <span style="float:right;">__TOC__</span>
	The United States Gypsum Corporation (USG) currently operates an active 20.5 mile industrial narrow gauge railroad connecting their gypsum quarry to their plant at Plaster City (formerly Maria). The line hauls gypsum rock from the quarry to the plant.		The United States Gypsum Corporation (USG) currently operates an active 20.5 mile industrial narrow gauge railroad connecting their gypsum quarry to their plant at Plaster City (formerly Maria). The line hauls gypsum rock from the quarry to the plant.

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	As of 2020 the line continues regular operation.		As of 2020 the line continues regular operation.






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	===Videos===		===Videos===

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	[[Narrow Gauge Railroads of California\|California]] / [[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California#Mining\|Mining]] / [[U.S. Gypsum Company]]		[[Narrow Gauge Railroads of California\|California]] / [[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California#Mining\|Mining]] / [[U.S. Gypsum Company]]
	[[Category:36in Gauge Railroads]][[Category:Gypsum]]		[[Category:36in Gauge Railroads]][[Category:Gypsum]]

Andrew Brandon at 18:56, 3 October 2020

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	===History===		===History===<span style="float:right;">__TOC__</span>
	<span style="float:right;">__TOC__</span>
	The United States Gypsum Corporation (USG) currently operates an active 20.5 mile industrial narrow gauge railroad connecting their gypsum quarry to their plant at Plaster City (formerly Maria). The line hauls gypsum rock from the quarry to the plant.		The United States Gypsum Corporation (USG) currently operates an active 20.5 mile industrial narrow gauge railroad connecting their gypsum quarry to their plant at Plaster City (formerly Maria). The line hauls gypsum rock from the quarry to the plant.

	The line was originally built by the Imperial Gypsum Company, owned by the Imperial Valley Gypsum and Oil Corporation. The railroad built from the junction with the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway (Southern Pacific) at Plaster City north to the quarry. [[United Commercial Company]] Surveying commenced in April 1921, grading on October 3, 1921 and construction was completed on September 15, 1922. Commercial operation commenced on October 14, 1922.		[[Image:USG-const-UCC-4-CL-flats.jpg\|200px\|left\|thumb\|Locomotive #4 during construction of the railroad]]The line was originally built by the Imperial Gypsum Company, owned by the Imperial Valley Gypsum and Oil Corporation. The railroad built from the junction with the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway (Southern Pacific) at Plaster City north to the quarry. [[United Commercial Company]] Surveying commenced in April 1921, grading on October 3, 1921 and construction was completed on September 15, 1922. Commercial operation commenced on October 14, 1922.
	~~[[Image:USG-const-UCC-4-CL-flats.jpg\|200px\|left\|thumb\|Locomotive #4 during construction of the railroad]]~~
	Two years after completion of the line (1924), the company was sold to the Pacific Portland Cement Company. U.S. Gypsum purchased the operation from the Pacific Portland Cement Company in 1946.		Two years after completion of the line (1924), the company was sold to the Pacific Portland Cement Company. U.S. Gypsum purchased the operation from the Pacific Portland Cement Company in 1946.

Andrew Brandon at 18:55, 3 October 2020

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	The line was originally built by the Imperial Gypsum Company, owned by the Imperial Valley Gypsum and Oil Corporation. The railroad built from the junction with the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway (Southern Pacific) at Plaster City north to the quarry. [[United Commercial Company]] Surveying commenced in April 1921, grading on October 3, 1921 and construction was completed on September 15, 1922. Commercial operation commenced on October 14, 1922.		The line was originally built by the Imperial Gypsum Company, owned by the Imperial Valley Gypsum and Oil Corporation. The railroad built from the junction with the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway (Southern Pacific) at Plaster City north to the quarry. [[United Commercial Company]] Surveying commenced in April 1921, grading on October 3, 1921 and construction was completed on September 15, 1922. Commercial operation commenced on October 14, 1922.
	[[Image:USG-const-UCC-4-CL-flats.jpg\|~~300px~~\|left\|thumb\|Locomotive #4 during construction of the railroad]]		[[Image:USG-const-UCC-4-CL-flats.jpg\|200px\|left\|thumb\|Locomotive #4 during construction of the railroad]]
	Two years after completion of the line (1924), the company was sold to the Pacific Portland Cement Company. U.S. Gypsum purchased the operation from the Pacific Portland Cement Company in 1946.		Two years after completion of the line (1924), the company was sold to the Pacific Portland Cement Company. U.S. Gypsum purchased the operation from the Pacific Portland Cement Company in 1946.

Andrew Brandon at 18:55, 3 October 2020

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	As of 2020 the line continues regular operation.		As of 2020 the line continues regular operation.






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Andrew Brandon at 17:13, 3 October 2020

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	The line was originally built by the Imperial Gypsum Company, owned by the Imperial Valley Gypsum and Oil Corporation. The railroad built from the junction with the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway (Southern Pacific) at Plaster City north to the quarry. [[United Commercial Company]] Surveying commenced in April 1921, grading on October 3, 1921 and construction was completed on September 15, 1922. Commercial operation commenced on October 14, 1922.		The line was originally built by the Imperial Gypsum Company, owned by the Imperial Valley Gypsum and Oil Corporation. The railroad built from the junction with the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway (Southern Pacific) at Plaster City north to the quarry. [[United Commercial Company]] Surveying commenced in April 1921, grading on October 3, 1921 and construction was completed on September 15, 1922. Commercial operation commenced on October 14, 1922.
			[[Image:USG-const-UCC-4-CL-flats.jpg\|300px\|left\|thumb\|Locomotive #4 during construction of the railroad]]
	Two years after completion of the line (1924), the company was sold to the Pacific Portland Cement Company. U.S. Gypsum purchased the operation from the Pacific Portland Cement Company in 1946.		Two years after completion of the line (1924), the company was sold to the Pacific Portland Cement Company. U.S. Gypsum purchased the operation from the Pacific Portland Cement Company in 1946.

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	Brueckman, Henry. "Plaster City Railroad – United States Gypsum Company." Pacific News, August 1970.<br />		Brueckman, Henry. "Plaster City Railroad – United States Gypsum Company." Pacific News, August 1970.<br />
	Lustig, David. "Plaster City’s New Narrow Gauge Alcos." Railfan and Railroad, July 1991.<br />		Lustig, David. "Plaster City’s New Narrow Gauge Alcos." Railfan and Railroad, July 1991.<br />
	~~"Roster of Plaster City Narrow Gauge locomotives." Trains Magazine, 2009.~~ http://trn.trains.com/~/media/import/files/pdf/c/e/0/usg_roster.pdf<br />		[http://trn.trains.com/~/media/import/files/pdf/c/e/0/usg_roster.pdf "Roster of Plaster City Narrow Gauge locomotives." Trains Magazine, 2009.]<br />

	==Reference Material Available Online==		==Reference Material Available Online==

Andrew Brandon at 01:24, 3 October 2020

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			[[Category:36in Gauge Railroads]][[Category:Gypsum]]

Andrew Brandon at 00:37, 8 September 2020

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	===History===		===History===
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	===Videos===		===Videos===

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Andrew Brandon at 00:33, 8 September 2020

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	==History==		===History===
			<span style="float:right;">__TOC__</span>
	The United States Gypsum Corporation (USG) currently operates an active 20.5 mile industrial narrow gauge railroad connecting their gypsum quarry to their plant at Plaster City (formerly Maria). The line hauls gypsum rock from the quarry to the plant.		The United States Gypsum Corporation (USG) currently operates an active 20.5 mile industrial narrow gauge railroad connecting their gypsum quarry to their plant at Plaster City (formerly Maria). The line hauls gypsum rock from the quarry to the plant.

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	==Reference Material Available Online==		==Reference Material Available Online==

			===Videos===

	[[Narrow Gauge Railroads of California\|California]] / [[Mining Railroads of California\|Mining]] / [[U.S. Gypsum Company]]		[[Narrow Gauge Railroads of California\|California]] / [[Mining Railroads of California\|Mining]] / [[U.S. Gypsum Company]]

Andrew Brandon at 00:33, 8 September 2020

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