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Nostalgia & History > ATSF Fans, Another Location PleaseDate: 11/23/12 08:40 ATSF Fans, Another Location Please Author: yardclerk Another Dollar Box photo.
The switch engine is loading (or unloading) a Railroad barge at where? Appreciate any info.  Date: 11/23/12 08:46 Re: ATSF Fans, Another Location Please Author: john1082 San Francisco, down near China Basin
John Gezelius Tustin, CA Date: 11/23/12 08:53 Re: ATSF Fans, Another Location Please Author: yardclerk Boy, you don't mess around. Thanks for the location.
Yardclerk Date: 11/23/12 09:10 Re: ATSF Fans, Another Location Please Author: sd39u Near present day Giants stadium
Date: 11/23/12 09:30 Re: ATSF Fans, Another Location Please Author: AlcoRSD15 The dock is still there (along what is now Terry Francois Drive), and the apron still has tracks on it. Everything else around, including the Santa Fe yard, has been obliterated.
-- Eric Blasko Date: 11/23/12 10:44 Re: ATSF Fans, Another Location Please Author: dan warbonnet tug
Date: 11/23/12 11:22 Re: ATSF Fans, Another Location Please Author: zephyrus Your photo looks like it was taken from Pier 54. Quickie map attached. I'd guess it was taken about where the red dot is looking toward the slip.
Rough location of the railroads shown: Santa Fe blue, SP red, WP green. The ovals are yards for the Santa Fe and SP. Of course, the SP trackage was WAY more complex in this area with the passenger terminal and yards and the Mission Bay yard. This is all general locations. Z  Date: 11/23/12 12:31 Re: ATSF Fans, Another Location Please Author: Evan_Werkema The tug appears to be the Paul P. Hastings post-dieselization, which puts the date as 1967 or later.
Date: 11/23/12 16:16 Re: ATSF Fans, Another Location Please Author: PHall And an American President Line ship in the background.
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