For 84 years, from 1884 to 1967, Tiburon was a railroad town after rail pioneer Peter Donahue moved his North Bay operations from Petaluma to Point Tiburon, making it the rail and ferry terminus for the San Francisco & North Pacific Railroad. Along with passenger ferries from San Francisco and rail service to San Rafael, the Marin County seat, the Donahue line extended as far north as Eureka, while the Tiburon yard provided freight service and maintenance for railroad equipment. Passenger service in Tiburon ended in 1909 when numerous railroads merged into the Northwestern Pacific and passenger service shifted to Sausalito, but freight and maintenance continued until the last freight train departed on September 25, 1967.