Nostalgia & History > "Palm Trees on the Railroad" (re-visited)

Hi Everybody--
Back in 2008 we ran a special feature regarding "Palm Trees on the Railroad"... It can be found here and was well received...
http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,1584675,page=1

Here are a couple of other places, the second item has been addressed before:

Photo 1. The old "Santa Fe" depot in Oakland/Emeryville ...

a. A color postcard view.

Photo 2. The famous Palms of the Key System at 12th & Union Streets--Oakland-- across from the old
Shredded Wheat plant.

Note: Bet a lot of you didn't know that the Santa Fe had such a fancy depot in Oakland long ago,
did you ?

Cheers.

KRK



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/24/15 08:54 by KeyRouteKen.

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About a year or so ago, someone posted a photo of an eastbound Santa Fe passenger train from the 1950's, going through Christie, CA.
In the background was a palm tree. It was beyond the east end of the siding next to where the helper pocket track once was. I was told by an old Santa Fe employee that would have been near the old bungalow that controlled the ventilation system in the tunnel.

Gary

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That "palm" tree by the old "Santa Fe" depot in Oakland/Emeryville appears to be a banana tree to me!

lynnpowell Wrote:
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> That "palm" tree by the old "Santa Fe" depot in
> Oakland/Emeryville appears to be a banana tree to
> me!


Mr. Powell, kind Sir..
I have a better photo, but it is controlled by another user. Take my word for it, please. There were two giant palms of the "Key System"--"SP" variety immediately behind the Oakland depot. Ok?

KRK

lynnpowell Wrote:

> That "palm" tree by the old "Santa Fe" depot in
> Oakland/Emeryville appears to be a banana tree to
> me!

Looks like the postcard people may have employed a bit of artistic license on the tree closest to the depot:

http://www.cable-car-guy.com/images/blog/2011/oakland_sanafe_depot_40th_san_pablo_pge.jpg