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Nostalgia & History > SP West Oakland before the big ChangesDate: 09/18/14 16:37 SP West Oakland before the big Changes Author: spider1319 In the image, SP West Oakland Diesel Shop/Engine Facility and the administration/yard office building to the left.The scene is from the summer of 1987.An earthquake and state highway construction will bring big changes.The view is from the west leg of the wye which once extended to the Oakland Mole.Bill Webb
 Date: 09/18/14 17:38 Re: West Oakland Author: timz I've always wondered when this layout
dates from. Presumably the line from the Cal-P into West Oakland yard dates from 1939 or so, replacing the Cedar St line, but did they add the connection to the Niles line then or later? Date: 09/18/14 17:50 Re: West Oakland Author: EtoinShrdlu I think it reached the form it has in the pick about 1960. Both legs of the wye went to what had once been Oakland Pier.
Date: 09/18/14 18:04 Re: West Oakland Author: hogheaded Hey Bill is it just me, or does your shot show a track passing over (not crossing "at grade" with) two others, in the center right foreground, sorta between the yard office and the roundhouse?
- E.O. Date: 09/18/14 18:17 Re: West Oakland Author: wharfrat It crosses at grade. The pole to the left with the two lights on it is still there.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/18/14 18:18 by wharfrat. Date: 09/18/14 18:18 Re: West Oakland Author: 3rdswitch Nice look back. Think the diamonds are just camouflaged by the oily grime on that track.
JB Date: 09/18/14 18:42 Re: West Oakland Author: hogheaded > It crosses at grade. The pole to the left with the
> two lights on it is still there. Must be an optical delusion. Date: 09/18/14 21:05 Re: West Oakland Author: EtoinShrdlu Two diamonds, one for the 40 Ld and the other for the 50 Ld.
Date: 09/19/14 03:16 Re: West Oakland Author: 4451Puff I can almost hear the tires of the SP policeman's cruiser crunching on the gravel pulling up behind me. "Can I help you with anything? You know you're not supposed to be here. Hop in, I'll give you a ride back to 16th Street." Simpler times...
Desmond Praetzel, "4451 Puff" Date: 09/19/14 06:11 Re: West Oakland Author: ShastaDaylight Great photo of a now much-changed location where I spent a lot of time over the years. Thanks for sharing...
ShastaDaylight Date: 09/19/14 07:25 Re: West Oakland Author: goldcoast Lots of memories. Wish I had some photos to share.
Date: 09/19/14 08:23 Re: West Oakland Author: CMS And a shot of the SP trailer before it adorned Bucket Head.
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