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Re: The Mystery of the Santa Fe-SP Connection At Emeryville
Author: TMer
Date: 12-18-2020 - 23:54
Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> > The "Oakland Branch" is the line from Richmond
> to Wood St. in Oakland on the Santa Fe. Do you
> have a document listing all of its tracks and
> customers?
>
> No, other than to say it used to be the
> California-Nevada Railroad, a 3'6" line which made
> it as far as Orinda. Borax Smith bought it for the
> tideland rights to build his Key Pier. He then
> sold the rest of the line from Emeryville to
> Ricmond to the Spreckles interests, who
> incorporated in to a line they were building down
> the San Joaquin Valley to compete with the SP.
> This became the Santa Fe Valley Sub.
Yeah all that stuff. And it was the Oakland Branch or Oakland District, as I said earlier.
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> > The "Oakland Branch" is the line from Richmond
> to Wood St. in Oakland on the Santa Fe. Do you
> have a document listing all of its tracks and
> customers?
>
> No, other than to say it used to be the
> California-Nevada Railroad, a 3'6" line which made
> it as far as Orinda. Borax Smith bought it for the
> tideland rights to build his Key Pier. He then
> sold the rest of the line from Emeryville to
> Ricmond to the Spreckles interests, who
> incorporated in to a line they were building down
> the San Joaquin Valley to compete with the SP.
> This became the Santa Fe Valley Sub.
Yeah all that stuff. And it was the Oakland Branch or Oakland District, as I said earlier.
