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Nostalgia & History > San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.P.R.Date: 09/21/16 22:50 San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.P.R. Author: ANTDEZ There is a cluster of Railroad spread out under the US 101 and Interstate 80 Intersection. im not sure if there rails belong to the same company or were used by several different trains. all i know is they are old.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/21/16 23:18 by ANTDEZ.    Date: 09/21/16 22:52 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: ANTDEZ more photos
   Date: 09/21/16 23:10 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: sphauler Great post! I love finding local railroad history.
Date: 09/21/16 23:12 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: Westbound Your pictures show just a little of the very interesting street trackage that was once used in the City. Bits and pieces have shown up in books and here on Trainorders.
Here is one page from a WP binder covering joint facilities, showing ownership and maintenance responsibilities. This is a sketch, not a scale diagram.  Date: 09/21/16 23:17 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: JimBaker Look closely at thermap. That 'W.R.R.' is actually W.P.- Western Pacific Railroad.
The other industrial tracks there are Southern Pacific and I believe have been covered earlier in posts here in Trainorders. James R.(Jim) Baker Whittier, CA Date: 09/21/16 23:17 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: ANTDEZ thanks for the info. there is a whole lot more tracks i am finding. im going to go an photograph them tomorrow.
Date: 09/21/16 23:19 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: ANTDEZ Lol yup you are correct, it is W R P. my goof
Date: 09/22/16 00:28 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: 06Redcar Actually the W.P. tracks are the former Ocean Shore Railroad tracks, when the Ocean Shore was abandoned the W.P. took over the the switching south of Market St.
for the City of San Francisco. Date: 09/22/16 01:25 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: 4451Puff If you know where to look, there's a couple of stainless dome cars from the CA zephyr tucked away between some buildings mere yards from those photos were shot. Parked on what was once WP R.O.W.
Desmond Praetzel, "4451 Puff" Date: 09/22/16 07:18 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: icancmp193 Not many inbound or outbound shipments of oriental rugs anymore....
Tom Y Date: 09/22/16 09:23 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: TonyJ SP's Division Street Tower once stood at the junction of the WP and SP on Division Street. There were pot signals still working there in the 1960s, long after the tower was removed.I have some shots of abvandoned trackage I need to post.
Date: 09/22/16 09:51 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: zephyrus The line running down Townsend, Division and Treat is SP and the original San Francisco and San Jose mainline, later bypassed by the cut-off along the bayside. Aside from the spurs off that line, all the other trackage shown is WP.
Only some of the WP trackage is ex-Ocean Shore. The WP also added onto the OS line. Z Date: 09/22/16 15:28 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: Topfuel 4451Puff Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > If you know where to look, there's a couple of > stainless dome cars from the CA zephyr tucked away > between some buildings mere yards from those > photos were shot. Parked on what was once WP > R.O.W. Not CZ dome cars, but one former NYC parlor obs and one former SAL tavern lounge. Date: 09/22/16 16:27 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.P.R. Author: 90mac You mean W.P.R.R.
I chased many an SW1500 down those streets and have some dynamite audio to prove it. TAH Date: 09/22/16 18:49 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: CPRR icancmp193 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Not many inbound or outbound shipments of oriental > rugs anymore.... > > Tom Y You took my post....:) Posted from iPhone Date: 09/25/16 08:15 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: Stottman If you have not discovered it yet, look at the Google earth converage of San Francisco. They have VERY clear aerials that were taken in the 1930s..Its very high quality.
Also, the SP SPINS maps (basically strip maps of the tracks) can be found here- http://wx4.org/to/foam/sp/spins/books.html Date: 10/02/16 15:05 Re: San Francisco Abandoned Railroads W.R.R. ??? Author: 4451Puff Topfuel Wrote:
> Not CZ dome cars, but one former NYC parlor obs > and one former SAL tavern lounge. > > Thanks for the clairification! 'Puff |