Re: Key System photos from Ray L
Author: stash
Date: 03-29-2016 - 23:05
Hi Conductor Bill:
You can find Key photos of Emeryville and Oakland on my site: www.keyrailpix.org
One of these days I must ride your car and get a haircut!
---stash
Conductor Bill Wrote:
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> Where was the Emeryville Yard? Any remnants
> today? I just finished the Reno Fun Train season
> (8 round-trips) and enjoyed some local history in
> and around the area (I'm from SoCal). Stopped by
> the underground "tunnel" by Target that I
> understand was used by the streetcars. Enjoyed a
> couple "finds" on third street by the Amtrak yard
> ... a former WP crossbuck now used as a stop sign,
> plus on a side street, two Burlington RR
> "flexivans" "hidden" away as storage units. I
> walked over to the remnants of the Garden City
> (which always intrigued me from aboard train) and
> also was amazed by the over 100 year old cement
> warehouse at Port Costa. The Crockett depot and
> the C&H sugar plant were also cool "up close".
> The SP Oakland depot is a heart breaker. All the
> industrial trackage between West Oakland and
> Emeryville (used or abandoned) was fascinating.