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Re: Tracks Around EBMUD's West Oakland Plant
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 01-14-2021 - 22:44
TMer Wrote:
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> James,
> Thanks the information on the SN. I didn't know
> the SN crossed the SP to the Army Base/Outer
> Harbor area. Afraid I'm a bit ignorant of that
> road in general.
>
> In this 1965 aerial above, although you can't see
> it, the Key subway under the SP is out of service
> for trains--all road at this point. There's a 90
> degree turn on the west end of the underpass and a
> barrier at the turn where the Key-OTR tracks
> would've proceeded west.
>
> One thing that's up in the air is whether there is
> a switch to the SP's track 1 at the northern point
> where the switch comes off the lead to go to the
> building. It isn't clear in the aerial about the
> SP connection here. If there's no switch then this
> could be either OTR or Army.
Looks to me that the track north of the switch to the spur is a tail track used when switching the spur, and that you've drawn the red line further north than the end of the track.
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> James,
> Thanks the information on the SN. I didn't know
> the SN crossed the SP to the Army Base/Outer
> Harbor area. Afraid I'm a bit ignorant of that
> road in general.
>
> In this 1965 aerial above, although you can't see
> it, the Key subway under the SP is out of service
> for trains--all road at this point. There's a 90
> degree turn on the west end of the underpass and a
> barrier at the turn where the Key-OTR tracks
> would've proceeded west.
>
> One thing that's up in the air is whether there is
> a switch to the SP's track 1 at the northern point
> where the switch comes off the lead to go to the
> building. It isn't clear in the aerial about the
> SP connection here. If there's no switch then this
> could be either OTR or Army.
Looks to me that the track north of the switch to the spur is a tail track used when switching the spur, and that you've drawn the red line further north than the end of the track.
