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Re: City Rock.. Bay Area SP old heads needed for Q
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 04-20-2016 - 11:16
WAF Wrote:
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> When did the City Rock, old Train 472 stop
> running? I suspect when Bart was completed into SF
> in 1972 that the train stop running, since it
> hauled a lot of the rock for footing of the tubes
> under the Bay, plus other needs for rock. The East
> Pleasanton Turn could easily handle the needs
> after 1971
It was still running into at least early 1973, maybe longer (Dr. Zarkoff might know), although I always heard it referred to as the Tracy Rock. It's westbound counterpart was the City Rock.
As an aside, the Oakland Rock had been eliminated not long before I landed on the Western Division in April '72.
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> When did the City Rock, old Train 472 stop
> running? I suspect when Bart was completed into SF
> in 1972 that the train stop running, since it
> hauled a lot of the rock for footing of the tubes
> under the Bay, plus other needs for rock. The East
> Pleasanton Turn could easily handle the needs
> after 1971
It was still running into at least early 1973, maybe longer (Dr. Zarkoff might know), although I always heard it referred to as the Tracy Rock. It's westbound counterpart was the City Rock.
As an aside, the Oakland Rock had been eliminated not long before I landed on the Western Division in April '72.
