In the 1880s the California and Nevada Railroad and its predecessor, the California and Mount Diablo Railroad, proposed to run a narrow gauge railroad over Sonora Pass with a line running from Emeryville - Stockton and then connecting with the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in Utah.
ɪnðə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z ðə kˌælɪfˈoːɹniə ænd nᵻvˈædɚ ɹˈeɪlɹoʊd ænd ɪts pɹˈɛdᵻsˌɛsɚ, ðə kˌælɪfˈoːɹniə ænd mˈaʊnt diːˈɑːbloʊ ɹˈeɪlɹoʊd, pɹəpˈoʊzd tə ɹˈʌn ɐ nˈæɹoʊ ɡˈeɪdʒ ɹˈeɪlɹoʊd ˌoʊvɚ sˈɑːnoːɹə pˈæs wɪð ɐ lˈaɪn ɹˈʌnɪŋ fɹʌm ˈɛmɚɹivˌɪl stˈɑːktən ænd ðˈɛn kənˈɛktɪŋ wɪððə dˈɛnvɚ ænd ɹˈiːoʊ ɡɹˈænd ɹˈeɪlɹoʊd ɪn jˈuːtɔ.