The San Joaquin Valley Railroad is one of several short line railroad companies and is part of the Pacific Region Division of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It operates over about of owned or leased track primarily on several lines in California's Central Valley/San Joaquin Valley around Fresno and Bakersfield. The SJVR has trackage rights over Union Pacific (formerly Southern Pacific) between Fresno, Goshen, Famoso, Bakersfield and Algoso. The SJVR also operated for the Tulare Valley Railroad (TVRR) from Calwa to Corcoran and Famoso. There were two former San Joaquin Valley Railroads. One was incorporated by Leland Stanford and Associates in 1868 to build an line from Lathrop, California to the Stanislaus River and was consolidated in 1870 into the Central Pacific Railroad. The second San Joaquin Valley Railroad operated from 1892 to 1893 between Fresno and Friant over of track and was sold at foreclosure to the Southern Pacific. In 1991, the SJVR operated the entire former SP line from Fresno to Famoso, but a portion north of Famoso was later abandoned. SJVR interchanges with the BNSF Railway at Fresno and Bakersfield and with the Union Pacific at Fresno and Goshen Junction. SJVR was originally owned by Kyle Railways. In 1992, the SJVR was created to obtain and operate several branch lines from the Southern Pacific. From 1992 to 1997, the SJVR was owned by Kyle Railways. In 1997, SJVR's parent, Kyle Railways, was sold to States Rail. In 2002 SJVR's new parent, States Rail, was purchased by RailAmerica. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. controlled RailAmerica in December 2012. Today the SJVR remains a shortline within the Genesee & Wyoming family of railroads. Lines operated by SJVR Line names taken from CPUC data. Fresno – Exeter – Strathmore (Exeter Subdivision; former SP) Exeter – Goshen Jct. (Goshen Subdivision; former SP) Goshen Jct. – Hanford – Huron (Hanford Subdivision; former SP) Burrel – Helm – Tranquility – Ingle (Riverdale Branch; former SP) Oxalis – Mendota – Ingle – Kerman – Fresno (West Side Subdivision; former SP) Fresno – Clovis (Clovis Subdivision; former AT&SF and SP) Famoso – Hollis (North Joint Subdivision; former SP) Maltha – Oil Jct. (Oil City Subdivision; former AT&SF/SP) Oil Jct. – Landco (Landco Subdivision; former AT&SF) Bakersfield – Gosford – Buttonwillow (Buttonwillow Subdivision; former SP) Gosford – Millux (Sunset Subdivision; former Sunset Railway) Algoso – Arvin (Arvin Subdivision; former AT&SF/SP) Trackage rights over UP from Fresno – Algoso