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Arguello & Geary
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Arguello & Geary

View north across Geary from Arguello. Larkins Building (former Park & Ocean Railroad Co. Geary St. Carbarn), with signage for T.F. Ormand Dodge and Plymouth dealer) at left, Roosevelt Jr. High School at right. Much auto traffic and a Municipal Railway (Muni) B-Geary Streetcar #?03 crossing the intersection. Birdcage traffic signal.

Lone Mountain
Fillmore near Turk
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Fillmore near Turk

Elevated view east across Fillmore between Turk and Golden Gate to United Railroads buildings on the east side of Fillmore Street. Turk Street electrical substation (Turk Fillmore power house) visible at far left (still stands in 2023). Signs on buildings for U.R.R. Maintenance of Way Dept. and URR Electrical Dept. St. Paulus Lutheran Church in distance left at Gough and Eddy (burned 1995). Buildings are, in 2023, site of Fillmore & Turk Mini Park. These buildings had been built on the site of the original Market Street Railway Co's horsecar stables. [Stables of Old Horse Car Barn at United Railroads Turk and Fillmore Car House and Powerhouse Complex][Turk & Fillmore Sts. Stablses] United Railroads [U00491]

Western Addition
Kearny & Clay
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Kearny & Clay

View northwest across the intersection of Kearny and Clay, Portsmouth Square. Market Street Railway (MSRy) Sacramento Street cable car #15.

Chinatown
Duboce Park
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Duboce Park

View west toward entrance to Sunset Tunnel under construction at Duboce Park.

Duboce Triangle
Key System Accident
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Key System Accident

Emeryville, Crowds of people exiting Key System train after an accident. Key System train derailed near Yerba Buena Avenue and Louise Street causing a disruption in morning commute, commuters were forced to walk to bypass the accident site. (Oakland Tribune photo)

Outside SF
Key System Train
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Key System Train

First passengers on the Key System train after a Key System transit strike had shut down the system for seventy-eight days. [The first Key System train in seventy-eight days. Fifteen passengers arrived on the F-train from Berkeley at 5:40 AM] (Call-Bulletin Photo)

Key System Accident
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Key System Accident

Emeryville, Key System A-Line train derailed near Yerba Buena Avenue and Louise Street causing a disruption in morning commute, commuters were forced to walk to bypass the accident site. (This photo used as a file photo in 1960) (Call-Bulletin photo)

Outside SF
San Jose Ave near Ocean
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San Jose Ave near Ocean

View northwest from the future site of Elkton Shops, San Jose Avenue between Ocean and Geneva. Ocean Avenue at right with streetcar. House of Refuge and Ingleside Jail in background on the current city of City College. United Railroads [U00341] [panorama 4 of 4]

Cayuga
San Jose Ave near Ocean
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San Jose Ave near Ocean

View west from the future site of Elkton Shops between Ocean and Geneva across planted farm field and water tower. Merced Heights in the background. United Railroads [U00343] [panorama 2 of 4]

Cayuga
San Jose Ave near Ocean
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San Jose Ave near Ocean

View west from the future site of Elkton Shops, San Jose Avenue between Ocean and Geneva. San Jose Avenue at left with streetcar and Geneva Carhouse in the background. Ocean Southern Pacific right-of-way with train passing at center. Trees at right show the boundary of the House of Refuge lot, current site of City College. United Railroads [U00342] [panorama 3 of 4]

Cayuga
San Jose Ave near Ocean
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San Jose Ave near Ocean

View west from the future site of Elkton Shops, San Jose Avenue between Ocean and Geneva. San Jose Avenue at left with streetcar and Geneva Carhouse in the background. United Railroads [U00344] [panorama 1 of 4]

Cayuga
Valencia & 25th
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Valencia & 25th

Track work on Southern Pacific railroad old mainline crossing of Valencia Street cable car line. Market Street Cable Railway car #14. United Railroads [U00015][Overhead View of Crossing Construction for Cable Car Tracks and Heavy Rail Tracks at Valencia and 25th Streets]

Mission
Geneva Yard
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Geneva Yard

40-line San Mateo interurban streetcar #3 at Geneva car house, with Life Guard fender. Taken in connection with fatal accident on Sept. 19, 1908 at 12th and Mission Sts. [U01825] United Railroads

Cayuga
Elkton Shops
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Elkton Shops

United Railroads streetcar #1228.

Cayuga
Elkton Shops
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Elkton Shops

United Railroads 12-line streetcar #1552 at Elkton with City of Paris ad.

Cayuga