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concrete222710 viewsConcrete bunker 1909. As you can see there is lots of graffitti. There is also lots of old rusty cans. If you do go here and you're so inclined, bring a garbage bag and haul out a little bit of the trash.
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26thSt_spanwire4482 viewsRemnants of the past in West Oakland.
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concrete12691 viewsConcrete bunker 1909.
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Hermosa2203 viewsUnited Railroads of SF "Hermosa". Date/location unknown. Courtesy of John Stashik
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LSI2824 viewsAt 65th St. in Emeryville, this is the look of the former Red Train route just a few years ago. The cars are spotted at the LSI plant. A hopper car is rare here, usually just corn syrup tanks. Although most of the tracks still exist as of this date (12/7/
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oldrail3252 viewsThis was an old piece of rail I found off the side of the trail. I don't know my guages, but you can see the scale with my GPS (about the size of a cell phone) right next to it.
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pillowblock2903 viewsOn the bunker. This metal piece looks a lot like the base of a pillow block to me.
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rrties18923 viewsEvidence of the railroad ties are barely visible in the ripples in the middle of the trail.
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railrebar3061 viewsIn a few places it looked like some of the rail was used as concrete reinforcement. All the rail I found on my hike today was different guages. This one here was very small. I'd say about the same size as the rail used at the Tilden Steam trains!
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rrties22508 viewsThere are a small handful of areas where you can barely see the wooden ties. This portion of the railroad is not dated on either the Lee Donehower or Steven Mix maps. But the other portions of railway lines were apparently built right around the turn of t
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skylinetunnel8247 viewsHere is the current day shot of the location of the original tunnel from Alameda - Contra Costa counties. Taken 5/17/04. The sign says "No Trespassing. Violators Will be Prosecuted". Take a good look at this area including the plaque as it's hig
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LSI_lead2837 viewsLong ago this was the Ninth Street Red Train route. Up until a few years ago this was the lead to LSI in Emeryville. Scene looking east from Powell St. These tracks still exist as of this date (12/7/02). LSI is now gone. Courtesy of John Stashik
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trib2_27_572142 viewsOakland Tribune Feb 27th, 1957 California Railway
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trib9_19_432534 viewsOakland Tribune Sept 19th, 1943
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skylinetunnelsign8141 viewsBasically not rail related, but here is a picture of the sign for the "high level" tunnel at the end of Tunnel Rd in Berkeley. Taken 5/17/04.
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OTR2757 viewsOakland Terminal Railway power in February 2001. Courtesy of John Stashik
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wheelwell5433 viewsThis is a view of what is being called the concrete bunker. According to the maps, this was the upper portion of a cable tram which traversed down to about the middle of where Hwy 13 is now. On the right side was a conveyor tram which went down to over Hw
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tunnelrd11823 viewsNot quite rail related, but still interesting. The old Oakland hills auto tunnel before the Caldecott's were built.
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WPvs9872595 viewsWP train collision with Key streetcar in East Oakland. John Stashik Collection
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5_7_492765 viewsOakland Tribune May 7th, 1949 Describing first transcontinental train into Oakland.
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Xsign_26th2913 viewsX marks the spot.
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USGS4963 viewsThe FULL SIZE image is 1.2 megabytes. Dialups will have a wait.This is a fantastic re-make of the map that was originally put together by Steven R. Mix in 1999. The re-make was done by Lee Donehower in 2002 with the help of Steven Mix. Lee was extremely g
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