Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An fara ginin a kan layin dogo a 1905 a duka ƙarshen, amma ba a kammala layin ba. Girgizar ƙasa da ta auku a ranar 18 ga Afrilu, 1906
ya haifar da babbar lalacewa da jinkirta kammala layin dogo. An gina babban rami a Devil's Slide; an gina wani rami kusa da Davenport. Akwai gadoji da yawa a kan hanyar. An kammala waƙoƙin daga San Francisco har zuwa kudu zuwa Tunitas Creek, kudu da Half Moon Bay. An kammala waƙoƙin arewa daga Santa Cruz har zuwa arewacin Swanton, arewacin Davenport. An yi amfani da wutar lantarki a cikin birnin San Francisco, yayin da sauran layin ke aiki tare da locomotives na tururi, kuma daga baya, tare da motocin motsa jiki. Duk da yawan fasinjoji, musamman a karshen mako, hanyar jirgin kasa ba ta taba farfadowa daga asarar da aka yi a girgizar kasa ta 1906 ba kuma ta kasa jawo hankalin isasshen jigilar kayayyaki don rufe karuwar rashi.