ke6qr Wrote:
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> Santa Fe operated with their own track through the
> back streets of Albany Emeryville and Berkley
> until 1979, I have a photo somewhere of the last
> train running up the middle of Sacramento street
> in Berkley. Interesting times during the Viet Nam
> war era, they ran troop trains right past Cal
> Berkley where protesters sat on the tracks and
> tried to block the trains. It made the six o'clock
> news several times. They even shot live steam out
> of the front of the diesels (steam generator) to
> clear the line. After 79 they continued to run
> trains in Oakland on their own tracks but accessed
> via SP trackage rights. Might have ended after the
> 89 earthquake but could have lasted till the
> mergers. Prior to 1959 all Santa fe passenger jobs
> terminated in Oakland. A recent trains magazine
> map of the Santa fe did not include the Oakland
> line, I brought this to their attention but they
> never responded to it.

Found an inspection tag in the signal box. Last insp. Was 1975.