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Re: Alameda Belt Line: Info. on Interchange with SP and ATSF
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 12-12-2020 - 13:11
TMer Wrote:
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> Thanks a lot OPRRMS. One followup. Was all the
> trackage on the island, outside of the NAS,
> considered ABL? Like the team track that was right
> there next to the lift bridge ABL? Thinking the
> 60's here, rather than later periods like 90's or
> 00's.
SP had their own track and customers, in addition to those jointly served with ABL on ABL track.
The team track near the Alameda end of the lift bridge was called the Blanding Avenue Team and belonged to SP. At one time, SP and ABL interchanged entire trains in that area.
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> Thanks a lot OPRRMS. One followup. Was all the
> trackage on the island, outside of the NAS,
> considered ABL? Like the team track that was right
> there next to the lift bridge ABL? Thinking the
> 60's here, rather than later periods like 90's or
> 00's.
SP had their own track and customers, in addition to those jointly served with ABL on ABL track.
The team track near the Alameda end of the lift bridge was called the Blanding Avenue Team and belonged to SP. At one time, SP and ABL interchanged entire trains in that area.
