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keysystemmap548334 viewsOld map of Key Route system. Key's Berkeley trains to Sacramento Street are still "proposed". Thanks to Stash for forwarding this one over. Click on image a 2nd time to display full size image.
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F_tunnel_MDO224673 views"F" train for San Francisco exits Northbrae Tunnel, Berkeley, at Hopkins St. Photo by Michael Ongerth. John Stashik Collection
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exKey_Argentina_3372_001113491 viewsex-Key System unit in Argentina. Note the trolley pole, split windows, covered coupler, jumper cables and no more route letter sign on front of unit. John Stashik Collection
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Key121_Bancroft_Shattuck73438 viewsWestbound "F" train on Shattuck Ave. at Bancroft Way in downtown Berkeley. Unit 121; April 15, 1958. John Stashik Collection
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My Grandpa Blatt's Police Vehicle Permit Allowing Access For Key System Transit Lines Emergencies...48479 views
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Key96737910 viewsKey System 18 car turns from Lakeshore Av. onto Walla Vista in Oakland. Courtesy of John Stashik
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Key_System_station18011 viewsKey System Piedmont Station. Clock tower and building to left still exist to this day. There is a Key System plaque now right about where that C train is. Thanks to Greg Weirich for permission to post. Photo by J C Weirich
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Arroyo_before_after10502 viewsArroyo Ave, Oakland. Before & After. Inset: Key System 687 on the C-Piedmont line just east of Grand Ave (date unknown). The tracks running straight are for the 10-Piedmont Ave streetcar line. Now photo taken summer of 2002 by Sam Lewit
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clinespecial8704 views#271 Special car at Oakland Ave end of C line. J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oakland History Room
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WPvs9878681 viewsWP train collision with Key streetcar in East Oakland. John Stashik Collection
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save00148131 viewsRegular "G" car in hole. Special car 271 in front. Note large expanse of right-of-way for future use leading to Richmond. J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oakland History Room
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Oakland_Av_before_after7481 viewsOakland Av C-Line. Before & After. Now photo taken summer of 2002 by Sam Lewit
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keyanrptcvr19467426 viewsFront cover of 1946 Key System annual report.
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Key178_B6848 viewsEastward "B" train on Grand Ave. between Valdez and Harrison Sts. in Oakland, Sept., 1956. John Stashik Collection
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chron6_6_086828 viewsChronicle June 6th, 1908 Description of new line to be built to San Jose (never "fully" materialized).
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KeyRouteInn6411 viewsThe famous Key Route Inn on the 22nd Street line of the San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose Railway. The downtown Oakland street would later be known as Grand Avenue, route of the B-line. Courtesy of John Stashik
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Key6646294 viewsKey System 664 is shown at Hopkins and California Sts. in Berkeley on the H route, 1935. Courtesy of John Stashik
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Key_Berkeley19106285 viewsBack when the Key Route was new! Berkeley in 1910. John Stashik Collection
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Key_7_Arlington_Ardmore5955 viewsKey System 7 car at end of track, Kensington, 1947. The motorman has not changed poles yet. The other end of the route ran up Euclid Ave. in Berkeley. John Stashik Collection
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Key_SanPabloSta5915 views40th & San Pablo, Emeryville. A Key train stops at this well known station. Courtesy of John Stashik
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trib7_17_695892 viewsOakland Tribune July 17th, 1969 Article describing Emeryville's great car building capabilities.
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Piedmont_before_after5765 viewsAt Piedmont Community Center. Now photo taken in summer of 2002 by Sam Lewit
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Key123_F5758 viewsWestbound "F" exits Northbrae Tunnel at Hopkins & Sutter Sts., Berkeley in 1958. John Stashik Collection
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B_curve_w5747 viewsOld trackage as seen in May 2004 John Stashik Collection
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F_EuniceBr_MDO5743 viewsWestbound "F" at the Eunice Street bridge, Berkeley. Photo by Michael Ongerth. John Stashik Collection
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save00105629 viewsKS Special using SN 1005 up on B line at Underhills J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oakland History Room
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save00115595 views#938 on 3 line on Berkeley section of single track. Note zig zag track in background. J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oakland History Room
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save00135548 viewsSpecial at B line Underhills station. J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oakland History Room
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richmondunderpass5400 viewsCar #38 at new SP underpass for MacDonald Ave Richmond, 1907. J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oakland History Room
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save00155273 views#271 special car in cut between Broadway and Piedmont station on C line. Note block signal for single track use. J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oakland History Room
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Key1295198 viewsA westbound Key System "E" train at 55th & Shattuck, Oakland. Courtesy of John Stashik
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stepdetail5002 views# 575 on the F line stored between runs at tower #2. Platform detail. Note valve next to ventilator, IFA signal is run by an arm drops and trips this valve throwing train into emergency. Has to be manually reset. J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oa
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Key6874787 viewsDescending the hill from Grand Avenue on the C-Piedmont line is Key System 687. Courtesy of John Stashik
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Key1554771 viewsKey System, A-line, Oakland Courtesy of John Stashik
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Key152_E4725 viewsDomingo Ave. bound "E" train on 55th at Vicente St., Oakland in Sept. 1956. Telegraph Ave. is the intersection in the background. John Stashik Collection
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Key175_F4716 views"F" train at Solano & The Alameda, Berkeley, September 1956. John Stashik Collection
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