Nostalgia & History > Train time at Martinez Ca. 1961

Train 27 the "Overland" sits in Martinez before continuing its journey to Oakland.

Robert Morris Photography
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Never cease to amaze.....

What's interesting to note is that the depot and track arrangement stayed like this until the line was CTC'ed in the mid/late 90's.
Can't remember the exact date for the new depot, but believe it was around '99 or so?!?

The track to the left of the WB was called "the Cannery"; the one on the right of the EB was "0105".

IC_2024 Wrote:

> What's interesting to note is that the depot and
> track arrangement stayed like this until the line
> was CTC'ed in the mid/late 90's.

The depot got a secondary roofline around the passenger end some time between when that photo was taken and the 1990's. I'd guess it's been rebuilt, added to, and gussied up a number of times over its life.

> Can't remember the exact date for the new depot,
> but believe it was around '99 or so?!?

It opened in mid-September 2001, less than two weeks after 9/11:

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,510498
http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,511086