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Re: OLD WP LINE BEYOND 98TH AVE OAKLAND
Author: Ken Shattock (aka 'KRK')
Date: 07-03-2009 - 19:20
jed747 Wrote:
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> Hello Sir,
>
> I will be glad to take some pictures for you of
> that part of the old WP ROW this weekend on my way
> to work at OAK.If you would like shots of specific
> locations please let me know. I can't promise the
> quality since I don't want to use my good
> equipment in that part of town.
>
> My Grandfather lived on 37th Ave where it dead
> ended at the creek a couple of blocks north of
> E14th. He also worked for more than 50 years at
> the SP cabinet shop in Oakland as a journeyman
> cabinet/furniture maker. He most likely was
> involved in the planeing of the timbers I have
> read about in your past posts that were used for
> the live steam in the park. Part of his job was to
> grind/sharpen or make from tool steel stock all of
> the custom tooling/knives used in the shops. My
> other Grandfather retired from the SP ferries as a
> 2nd Engineer/absm.
>
> If any one has pictures of SP cabinet shops in
> Oakland I would like to see them I can't find any
> at the Sac museum but I do remeber going there a
> few times each summer growing up to have lunch
> with him.
>
> Thank you and have a nice day,
>
> John Delapena
John-- Thanks for your response.. I'll bet your TWO grandfathers knew my grandfather, Vic Shattock, Water Service Dept at West Oakland.. Ferryboat fuel was one of his responsibilities.
Ernie Haase was Supv of B&B Dept.. The big woodworking mill was close by..
I'm looking for a WP right-of-way photo(s) looking both directions where it crossed over 38th Avenue, East of San Leandro Street, nextdoor to the old Dewey School...
As a very small boy, my grandfather would take me to 38th Avenue, which we lived on, and the WP r-o-w, at around 3pm and watch the Zephyr come into town from back East..
By the way, before 1930, my grandparents lived at 1525- 37th Avenue and there was that enormous grassy field at the dead end of the street, across Peralta Creek, where kids used to play. It was bigger than a football field. They moved around the corner to 1877-38th Avenue and that is where he built his famous Live Steam railroad in the basement...
Get back to me directly at: keyrouteken@msn.com
Thanks..
KRK
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> Hello Sir,
>
> I will be glad to take some pictures for you of
> that part of the old WP ROW this weekend on my way
> to work at OAK.If you would like shots of specific
> locations please let me know. I can't promise the
> quality since I don't want to use my good
> equipment in that part of town.
>
> My Grandfather lived on 37th Ave where it dead
> ended at the creek a couple of blocks north of
> E14th. He also worked for more than 50 years at
> the SP cabinet shop in Oakland as a journeyman
> cabinet/furniture maker. He most likely was
> involved in the planeing of the timbers I have
> read about in your past posts that were used for
> the live steam in the park. Part of his job was to
> grind/sharpen or make from tool steel stock all of
> the custom tooling/knives used in the shops. My
> other Grandfather retired from the SP ferries as a
> 2nd Engineer/absm.
>
> If any one has pictures of SP cabinet shops in
> Oakland I would like to see them I can't find any
> at the Sac museum but I do remeber going there a
> few times each summer growing up to have lunch
> with him.
>
> Thank you and have a nice day,
>
> John Delapena
John-- Thanks for your response.. I'll bet your TWO grandfathers knew my grandfather, Vic Shattock, Water Service Dept at West Oakland.. Ferryboat fuel was one of his responsibilities.
Ernie Haase was Supv of B&B Dept.. The big woodworking mill was close by..
I'm looking for a WP right-of-way photo(s) looking both directions where it crossed over 38th Avenue, East of San Leandro Street, nextdoor to the old Dewey School...
As a very small boy, my grandfather would take me to 38th Avenue, which we lived on, and the WP r-o-w, at around 3pm and watch the Zephyr come into town from back East..
By the way, before 1930, my grandparents lived at 1525- 37th Avenue and there was that enormous grassy field at the dead end of the street, across Peralta Creek, where kids used to play. It was bigger than a football field. They moved around the corner to 1877-38th Avenue and that is where he built his famous Live Steam railroad in the basement...
Get back to me directly at: keyrouteken@msn.com
Thanks..
KRK
