The Yerba Buena Island stop was just east of the tunnel; i.e., the Oakland side. A stairway went from the platform to under the lower deck. Yes, the rails were...
And thanks for link to 30 min 30 sec version. I got a kick seeing all the sailors getting off at the Transbay Terminal. Don't see uniforms much anymore since...
Jett Medianet wrote: "People can set their watches by the TransBay trains as they go by." ============== Just like Amtrak today, eh???? <ROFL> I happened on...
I used to never go to You Tube. But, I've discovered they have almost everything. I'm into opera and classical music and I've find some really great old and...
Forgive the slight off topic aside, but related to Chris's comment. When I look at old railroad films, I feel the same way about gents in hats and vested...
Yup, another example of the power of the internet. Lots of good stuff, lots of ... well.... stuff not worth looking at. Rail fans are always taking videos,...
... From: Eugene Vicknair To: David Epling Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 7:36 PM Subject: TS 735 update and challenge donation... Can you post this to the...
If anyone is interested, there is an unpainted brass set of articulated bridge units on Ebay. They were imported by Ken Kidder many years ago. They are HO...
Friends, I am pleased to announce that a new story has been posted to SN On-line, this time on maintenance-of-way equipment. It includes six photos. In...
Does anyone have the basic dimensions for the flag stop stations that were used on the South End? I have seen pictures of them at Burton, Saranp,and Walden....
Sandy and All, I have created a "Photo" album named Oakland & Antioch. In it I have placed some .BMP scans of an Oakland & Antioch drawing for the Standard...
Karl, Thanks so much. That is exactly what I was looking for, and a little more. I could build a full scale one in the backyard with that information,...
Hello to the group, Looks like we made it February OK... I was planning a small airplane trip to the Oroville, CA Airport using Google for some basic...
Yes it is. Tres Vias, later Oroville Junction. (MP 166.10) from the north side of the Afterbay, the right of way is pretty darn original all the way up to...
In the Files section under ³Google Earth² there are 2 Google Earth map files. If you open them they will overlay the route, sidings, stations, locations of...
Thank you to everyone who replied to my post. The map I mentioned in my first post also shows quite a bit of rail lines still in Oroville. I realize the UP...
Skipp, Most of NE/SN is gone or out of service, though there are several remnants worth looking at. Some of the old line along the Marysville levee to Yuba...
The SN abandoned the entire Oroville Branch about 1957, including all of the portion east of the river. The abandonment file makes NO mention of providing any...
As I recall, the Stokely Van Camp Cannery and the Butte County Yards were still served in the 1960¹s on the spur trackage just north of Oro Dam Blvd. The...
In the mid 60s I was a student at U.C. Davis and spent a lot of time hanging around the SP depot there. The SP operator was railfan friendly and tolerated our...
Do you know anyone who has pictures of SN operations in the Vacaville/ Fairfield/Solano area. I have a book: When the Railroad Leaves Town..It has a 5 page...
Tom, How about: "Laflin, Addison, Jr. 'The Vallejo Northern and other Electric Railroads of Solano County.' WESTERN RAILROADER, [Vol. 15, no. 158 (?)]. San ...
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