Railroad

Contains 623 photos

Mt. Tamalpais
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Mt. Tamalpais

Tavern of Tamalpais atop Mount Tamalpais, Marin County

Outside SF
Mt. Tamalpais
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Mt. Tamalpais

The Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway steam locomotive and gravity car at the north terminus near the Tamalpais Tavern.

Outside SF
Capp near 17th
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Capp near 17th

1906 Earthquake and Fire damage. View northwest across Capp Street between 17th and 18th. Subsidence of sidewalk and temporary railroad line laid on Capp by Ocean Shore Railway Company to carry debris.

Mission
Gold Mine Hill
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Gold Mine Hill

View east from Gold Mine Hill (Diamond Heights) to Bernal Heights. Mt. St.Joseph, Holly Park in the right background, Southern Pacific elevated tracks through Noe Valley,center background.

Noe Valley
Mission Bay Switch Tower
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Mission Bay Switch Tower

Bay Bridge/ Skyline from Mariposa. Engine smoking

Mission Bay
Caltrain Exiting Tunnel
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Caltrain Exiting Tunnel

View north toward approaching Southern Pacific train, Bayview Hill and KYA Radio tower in background. (Tower blew down in 1986.)

Visitacion Valley
Western Pacific Railyard
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Western Pacific Railyard

Elevated view over the Western Pacific Railyard toward Pacific Portland Cement Company at the corner of 9th and Brannan Streets (building still stands in 2021). Potrero Hill rising in background. Frieght cars in foreground loaded with new Buick autos.

Showplace Square
Steuart & Embarcadero
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Steuart & Embarcadero

View north to Hills Bros Coffee with boxcars on Steuart St. siding. Ferry Building tower at right. Rear of Sherwin-Williams sign.

Financial District
Bryant off Embarcadero
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Bryant off Embarcadero

View west on Bryant towards remnant of Rincon Hill and Bay Bridge approach. Monarch Finer Foods

Rincon Hill
Townsend near 3rd
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Townsend near 3rd

View southeast across Townsend to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 20-Line #288. North facade of Southern Pacific Passenger Depot in background.[640]

South of Market
Townsend near 3rd
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Townsend near 3rd

View southeast across Townsend to Muni Original F-line #11, Southern Pacific Passenger Depot . Libby, McNeill & Libby canners in Harron, Rickard & McCone Building 139 Townsend (Built 1909, still standing 2021), Union Oil service station, Clark Bros. Motor Transport System, Birdcage traffic signals. [AS]

Mission Bay
Southern Pacific Depot
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Southern Pacific Depot

View southeast across Townsend to north frontage of station, Muni F-Line #13 with wings livery. In background left, Libby, McNeill & Libby canners in Harron, Rickard & McCone Building 139 Townsend (Built 1909, still standing 2021) and Union Oil service station.

South Beach
Southern Pacific Depot
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Southern Pacific Depot

View southeast across Townsend to Muni F-line #36, Southern Pacific Passenger Depot. Libby, McNeill & Libby canners in Harron, Rickard & McCone Building 139 Townsend (Built 1909, still standing 2021), service station, Birdcage traffic signals. [AS]

South Beach
Embarcadero & Bryant
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Embarcadero & Bryant

View southwest across The Embarcadero toward Bryant. Railroad yard and Reid, Murdoch & Co Importers

Rincon Hill
S.P. Tunnel #4 South End
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S.P. Tunnel #4 South End

View north to Southern Pacific Bayshore Station, Number 4 Tunnel entrance and approaching train. Bayshore Hill in distance right. Houses along Tunnel Ave. and Blanken Ave. in distance still stand in 2025.

Outside SF