Railroad

Contains 623 photos

Oakland Mole
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Oakland Mole

View north to the Oakland Mole and ferryboats. [17184] [G810 BO-073] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Outside SF
Missouri & Sierra
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Missouri & Sierra

Street caved in due to Western Pacific railroad tunnel fire, houses in background. [3/3 Sierra - Texas] (folder: Fire, Railroad Tunnel - Sierra & Texas)

Potrero Hill
Sierra & Texas
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Sierra & Texas

Two ladders extended down a hill, multiple firemen, one fireman climbing along ladder, smoke covering view beyond hill. [3/3 Sierra - Texas] (folder: Fire, Railroad Tunnel - Sierra & Texas)

Potrero Hill
Missouri & Sierra
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Missouri & Sierra

Wide view of large black cloud of smoke, houses and streets in surroundings, group of onlookers in bottom left. [3/3 Sierra - Texas] (folder: Fire, Railroad Tunnel - Sierra & Texas)Smoke coming out of southern portal of Western Pacific railroad tunnel.

Potrero Hill
Oakland
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Oakland

Union Construction Company Shipyard, Oakland at the foot of West 14th Street on the site of the future Oakland Army Base. Key System Pier in the background. Possibly the USCGC Tampa (WPG-48) decorated with flags prior to launching. [G810 SH-563] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Outside SF
Stockton & Market
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Stockton & Market

View north across Market up Stockton. Rail tracks being installed on Market Street. Temple Emanu-El in left distance. Roof of First Unitarian (Starr King's) Church at right. Lawrence & Houseworth No. 355 'Stockton Street, North from Market Street' [Stockton St. 1865] [G810 SS-175] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

South of Market
Embarcadero
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Embarcadero

[WA-3] State Belt Railroad locomotive #6 pulling a load of boxcars along the waterfront [G810 WA-003] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Embarcadero
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Embarcadero

[WA-54] State Belt Railroad locomotive # 6 pulling a load of boxcars from a pier shed on the waterfront [G810 WA-054] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Post & Montgomery
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Post & Montgomery

View northwest across intersection to Masonic Temple on corner of Montgomery and Post (with tower completed 1868). Union Pacific offices on ground floor. [G57 SFR-002] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square
5th Ave near Fulton
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5th Ave near Fulton

View north on 5th Avenue, the Geary, Park & Ocean steam train terminal at Fulton, with Bay District Race Track site at left. Men painting ad on fence at right. [502 Steam line to GG Park (unreadable) Geary St. 188x] (Bancroft/Jesse Cook Collection has this as Harbor View) [G57 SSTC-004] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Richmond Inner
Near Fourth & Townsend
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Near Fourth & Townsend

Elevated view northwest across tracks to Southern Pacific Passenger Depot Building with W. W. Cole Circus advance train coach, locomotive and other rail cars. Sign for Potrero & Bay View Railroad Co. in back. Southern Pacific headquarters building in distance. [SP Depot 4th Townsend St 1890(inscription is incorrect, Cole's circus liquidated in November 1886)] [F810 BU-043] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Mission Bay
Fourth near Townsend
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Fourth near Townsend

View northeast to Southern Pacific locomotive, Southern Pacific Headquarters , and horsecar on Townsend St. 4th story has been added to building.[1880 Fourth Townsend St. Central Pacific & Southern Pacific Bldg.] [F810 BU-044] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

South of Market
Lands End Train
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Lands End Train

Narrow gauge railroad locomotive of Ferries & Cliff House Railroad, posed on tracks with three men, two in cab and one on cowcatcher. Taken near Dead Man's Point. [Cliff House Train SF 1890 CH-26] [F810 CH-008] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Berkeley, CA
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Berkeley, CA

View to northwest corner of Shattuck and University Avenues. Hotel California with corner spire and Johnson Grocery on ground floor. Japanese goods and Bakery on Shattuck side and New California Market on University Avenue. Streetcar #50. Building at left with Varsity Creamery Co. extant in 2018.

Outside SF
Marin near Evans
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Marin near Evans

View west toward Twin Peaks, Natural Gas holder/tank on Cesar Chavez (then Army Street) in background.Steam powered crane on rail car hoisting lumber. 'Chas. R. McCormick' on side.

Central Waterfront