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Date: 09/06/11 14:59
Questions about Danville, CA interurban scene
Author: Evan_Werkema

Digging around the web for something else, I came across this postcard described as Hartz Ave. in Danville, CA, period.

http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/contracosta/postcards/dnmnst.jpg

Anybody know what we're looking at here? I don't have a good idea of how Sacramento Northern went through Danville - did they run down Hartz, or was this another operation entirely?

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Date: 09/06/11 15:26
Re: Questions about Danville, CA interurban scene
Author: Pullman

That is indeed the Antioch & Eastern's Diablo Branch. That view is northbound along Hartz Avenue in Danville. That's the former CP combine that was electrified for the branch.

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Date: 09/06/11 15:36
Re: Questions about Danville, CA interurban scene
Author: shed47

The same photo appears on page 88 of Harre Demoro's "Sacramento Northern" published by Signature Press in 2009. The photo dates from 1922 and is from the Ted Wurm collection. The Danville branch was shortlived, operating from 1914 to 1924.

Edit: I knew I had seen that photo someplace else:
http://www.museumsrv.org/srvm_vh_trolley.html



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/06/11 15:46 by shed47.

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