Nostalgia & History > A Tale of Two West Oakland SP Maintenance Shops

At one time there was a large number of various Shop buildings at West Oakland, Calif on the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Over the years they were torn down, one by one !!  Signal Dept, B & B, Stores Dept, Communications, Woodworking,
Carpentry,System Maintenance of Way, and so many others.  At one time or the other, I probably visited all of them in my youth and got to meet so many wonderful employees.

Here are two of them that come to mind ......

The Tin Shop--  Water Service Department  --  circa 1958

The Blacksmith Shop-- circa  1922

Enjoy !

KRK
 

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 No comments yet, I'll just say that the tall gentleman in the light suite looks a lot like Lyle Talbot, actor and father of Steven Talbot who played Gilbert Bates in "Leave It To Beaver."
Happy Thanksgiving to all TO'ers and your loved ones.