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Re: Vintage Sacramento Northern photos from Ray L
Author: Ken Shattock (KRK)
Date: 12-08-2016 - 08:03
Peter D. Wrote:
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> Man! All the infrastructure of all those wires!
> Double track, times two wires or more for yard
> areas. Just can't imagine it all. Poles, fittings,
> bits and bobs and all the jobs that went into
> fixing all that stuff. A bygone era for sure! Did
> the Sacramento Northern actually make it to
> Sacramento? If so, where did they tie up at?
> Piques a question, Cheers!
Peter-- to answer your question in more detail, the Sacramento Northern tied up in Sacramento at their UNION STATION on Terminal Way between 11th and 12th Streets. It was built in 1926 for INTERURBANS only !!
Now, photo # 3 shows the opposite side of the buildings in Oakland where you saw all the overhead wire. This is where the SN connected to the "C"- transbay line of the Key System on 40th Street. In the building, to the right of the gondola, was the ticket office on the 1st Floor and the Interlocking Tower on the 2nd Floor.
Cheers.
KRK
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> Man! All the infrastructure of all those wires!
> Double track, times two wires or more for yard
> areas. Just can't imagine it all. Poles, fittings,
> bits and bobs and all the jobs that went into
> fixing all that stuff. A bygone era for sure! Did
> the Sacramento Northern actually make it to
> Sacramento? If so, where did they tie up at?
> Piques a question, Cheers!
Peter-- to answer your question in more detail, the Sacramento Northern tied up in Sacramento at their UNION STATION on Terminal Way between 11th and 12th Streets. It was built in 1926 for INTERURBANS only !!
Now, photo # 3 shows the opposite side of the buildings in Oakland where you saw all the overhead wire. This is where the SN connected to the "C"- transbay line of the Key System on 40th Street. In the building, to the right of the gondola, was the ticket office on the 1st Floor and the Interlocking Tower on the 2nd Floor.
Cheers.
KRK
