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Key118_12_Bway3838 viewsEastbound "A" train crosses Broadway on 12th St. in downtown Oakland. April 15, 1958. John Stashik Collection
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nn_273818 viewsGreat (aerial?) photo of ferry Ramon at the landing in the straits. 1948. Photo courtesy of Roger K. Heller
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pacrailnews3_4_72d3809 viewsGreat shot of Thornhill overpass at Moraga Rd in Oakland. I go by this spot almost every day. The trestle and concrete piers are gone, but you can still see the grade on the right side. The grade on the left has been leveled and is now the onramp for Hwy
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Mallard_ferry_landing_approach_track_Looking_Northeast3804 viewsThis is the approach track to the ferry slip at Mallard. Because the ferry slip burned, the tracks do not continue much further than this point.
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SN 44-tonner at Reed3771 viewsSN 44-tonner at Reed, 1963. Photo by John Harder. Thanks to Key Route Ken for supplying the image.
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SNRRferryRamon3770 viewsSN Ferry Ramon leaving the pier at Mallard. 1946-47 Courtesy of W.T. Larkins
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24_G3718 viewsUpper platform, looking south Photo by Evan
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21_G3714 viewsAnother interior shot of the Main waiting area. Photo by Evan
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SNRR661atchabot3714 viewsFreight motor 661 heading west at Chabot. 1946-47 Courtesy of W.T. Larkins
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Key_PopJunc3680 viewsPoplar Junct., Oakland. Key shuttle car from 12th St. meets a 22nd St. line train bound for the pier. John Stashik Collection
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Oakland_16th_Street3679 views16th Street Station as of 8/2/2003. Elevated structures are still in place, but the tracks have long since been removed.
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SN_Waterfront_Map_Sacramento3679 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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oldrail3665 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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ecS3655 viewsEl Cerrito, southern part. Shows Santa Fe line with customers and spurs. Line was abandoned May 1979; most of the spurs were gone long before that. Courtesy of Tom Panas
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Havens_Station_19553654 viewsA view of Havens Station, near the west portal of the tunnel.
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Key1723651 viewsKey System, F-line, Berkeley Courtesy of John Stashik
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snsubstation3650 viewsSN substation right at east portal tunnel in the Oakland/Canyon hills.
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table_5_1_283647 viewstable.5.1.28 Courtesy of John Stashik
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LSI3611 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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SPpass3602 viewsSouthern Pacific employee pass 1937-39 for Mrs. Clayton E. Ward. Courtesy of John Stashik
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Demolition of 40th & Shafter Yards3598 viewsSacramento Northern's 40th & Shafter yard in Oakland, Califr being torn down, 1957. View faces 40th & Opal Streets. John Harder photo. Thanks to Key Route Ken for sending me this great shot
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marker3589 viewsFor so few remnants of the SN, I was excited to see this. I don't know what it was, but it looks like some kind of mileage marker or something. The top has a bevel so it appears that this was the correct height. The top is roughly 2 feet above the roadbed
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westernarc7_17_23586 viewsWestern Architect Magazine July 1917 16th St. SP station.
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00_273581 viewsTrain 27. Last revenue passenger train to run over the line. 7-12-41. First station built by local residents to replace flag stop. Note unique design compared to other SN structures. Photo courtesy of Vernon Sappers
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Sacramento_Northern_Ohmer_Flagstop_0163568 viewsThis is the Ohmer flagstop, located near the present North Concord BART station. This point is roughly half-way between Concord and Clyde.
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Clarksburg_Branch_Babel_Slough_Road_facing_Sacramento3536 viewsA view of the Babel Slough Rd. grade crossing, facing towards Riverview.
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18_G3521 viewsLower main line platform looking south. Photo by Evan
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ecN3518 viewsEl Cerrito, northern part. Blue lines show tracks; pink notes rail customers. The Oakland line was abandoned in May 1979; most of the spurs were long gone before that. Courtesy of Tom Pana
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SN_Crossbuck_Canyon3516 viewsThis is a replica of a crossbuck that once stood at this location in Clyde. At the foot of the crossbuck is the base of a wig-wag signal which used to stand here.
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Sacramento_Northern_Concord_Station_2_0213488 viewsThis is a view of the station platform at Concord.
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Keypass3477 viewsKey System pass, 1941. Courtesy of John Stashik
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schmidt23450 viewsSanta Fe in El Cerrito; Schmidt Lane area Courtesy of Tom Panas
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railrebar3437 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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SN_Switchstand_1_for_Mallard_ferry_approach3430 viewsOriginal SN switchstand still standing at West Pittsburg. This switch leads to the side storage track.
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LSI_lead3422 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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Mainline_R_O_W_Vacaville_Junction_facing_North3415 viewsThis is a view of the r.o.w. for the mainline at Dozier (Vacaville Junction).
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