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4_19_243681 viewsPostmark from Sequoya. This was a stop on the Sacramento Northern in Canyon. Date 4-19-24. Courtesy of Moraga History Center
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6_13_752096 viewsRailroads sued on road cave-in on Pinehurst Rd. Moraga Sun June 13th, 1975. Moraga History Center1 comments
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8_6_541857 viewsRail Commuter or Torn Up Tracks? Lafayette Sun. August 6th, 1954 Moraga History Center
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5_24_571753 viewsTrain Removal "Tragic Error" Arnold Says. May 24th, 1957 Moraga History Center1 comments
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9_10_541532 views3 Firms Could Buy Sac-Northern. Lafayette Sun. September 10th, 1954 Moraga History Center
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hillsapr982024 views"Montclair Then and Now". Hills Newspaper April, 1998. Continued missing. Moraga History Center2 comments
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2_10_572747 viewsExperts Study Rail Line. Tribune February 10th 1957 Moraga History Center5 comments
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chron4_5_641843 viewsChronicle April 5th, 1964 Walnut Creek Jaycees rail excursions over soon to be dismantled line.
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2_8_741616 viewsPinehurst Road slide repair okayed to bid. Moraga Sun, February 8th 1974 Moraga History Center
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posteng7_11_471478 viewsJuly 11th, 1947 article in the Post describing the desires for moving the railroad off of Shafter Ave.
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notice6_17_411773 viewsJune 17th, 1941 notice was given that almost all passenger service would end.1 comments
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8_6_691877 viewsCanyon Bridge Coming Down. The Midweek Sun. August 6th, 1969. Click on large image to view an even larger size. About 250k. Moraga History Center2 comments
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claremont8_19_601828 viewsClaremont Press Aug 19th, 1960 Historic Shafter route1 comments
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tix11666 viewsTicket from SN date between 1938 and 1942. Courtesy of the Moraga History Center3 comments
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Sacramento_RR_Map_19582215 viewsThis is a map of all rail lines in and around the Sacramento area, circa 1958. The map came from the Yahoo! SN group.1 comments
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tix21433 viewsTicket from SN date between 1923 and 1925. Looks like it covered the northern part of the line. Courtesy of the Moraga History Center
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SN_Waterfront_Map_Sacramento3350 viewsThis is a map of all SN rail lines and spurs on the Sacramento waterfront. The map is from the Yahoo! SN group.
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trib1_20_971865 viewsOakland Tribune Jan 1, 1997 Danville branch of the OA&E (sorry its a little hard to read).10 comments
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trib2_26_571420 viewsOakland Tribune Feb 26, 1957 Freight service to end between Oakland and West Lafayette.
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snrrmontclarion_0011757 viewsA surprisingly detailed account of the SN in this area. You'll need to view the full size pic (250,000 bytes) to be to read it. Montclarion 10/4/1994
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unk11455 viewsGroups Press for Passenger Line on Sact. Northern. Date and Newspaper unknown. Probably mid 1957. Courtesy of the Moraga History Center
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snknave_0012600 viewsAnother informative article about the first and last train on the OA&E/SN. You will need to view the full sized pic to read the article. There is also one line of text missing from the splices of this scan which is as follows. Column 1 after &quo
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trib12_1_574630 viewsOakland Tribune December 1st, 1957 SN tombstones.2 comments
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unk22915 viewsRail Officials Say Little Chance to Revive Old Line. April 27th, 1957. Newspaper unknown. Courtesy of the Moraga History Center
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SN_yard_Sanborn_Map4444 viewsThis is a 1951 Sanborn map of the 40th and Shafter yard. Great detail. Full size image is almost 3 megabytes.
   
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