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My Grandpa Blatt's Police Vehicle Permit Allowing Access For Key System Transit Lines Emergencies...299 viewsMay 23, 2009
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trib7_17_692528 viewsOakland Tribune July 17th, 1969 Article describing Emeryville's great car building capabilities.May 09, 2009
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keysystemmap7324 viewsOld map of Key Route system. Key's Berkeley trains to Sacramento Street are still "proposed". Thanks to Stash for forwarding this one over. Click on image a 2nd time to display full size image.17 commentsMay 09, 2009
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save00152352 views#271 special car in cut between Broadway and Piedmont station on C line. Note block signal for single track use. J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oakland History RoomMay 09, 2009
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WPvs9871804 viewsWP train collision with Key streetcar in East Oakland. John Stashik Collection2 commentsMay 09, 2009
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save00132189 viewsSpecial at B line Underhills station. J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oakland History Room1 commentsMay 09, 2009
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stepdetail2145 views# 575 on the F line stored between runs at tower #2. Platform detail. Note valve next to ventilator, IFA signal is run by an arm drops and trips this valve throwing train into emergency. Has to be manually reset. J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oa1 commentsMay 09, 2009
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Key_PopJunc1809 viewsPoplar Junct., Oakland. Key shuttle car from 12th St. meets a 22nd St. line train bound for the pier. John Stashik CollectionMay 09, 2009
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Tower11673 viewsBridge Rly. San Francisco interlocking tower. This controlled Key System, IER and SN train movements. Photo probably taken 1939. Courtesy of John StashikMay 09, 2009
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save00112347 views#938 on 3 line on Berkeley section of single track. Note zig zag track in background. J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oakland History Room3 commentsMay 09, 2009
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save00142498 viewsRegular "G" car in hole. Special car 271 in front. Note large expanse of right-of-way for future use leading to Richmond. J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oakland History Room6 commentsMay 09, 2009
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Key_SanPabloSta1899 views40th & San Pablo, Emeryville. A Key train stops at this well known station. Courtesy of John Stashik1 commentsMay 09, 2009
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save00102172 viewsKS Special using SN 1005 up on B line at Underhills J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oakland History Room2 commentsMay 09, 2009
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richmondunderpass2137 viewsCar #38 at new SP underpass for MacDonald Ave Richmond, 1907. J.G.Graham Collection Courtesy of the Oakland History RoomMay 09, 2009
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Piedmont_before_after2458 viewsAt Piedmont Community Center. Now photo taken in summer of 2002 by Sam LewitMay 09, 2009
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Key_System_station3145 viewsKey System Piedmont Station. Clock tower and building to left still exist to this day. There is a Key System plaque now right about where that C train is. Thanks to Greg Weirich for permission to post. Photo by J C WeirichMay 09, 2009
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Oakland_Av_before_after2463 viewsOakland Av C-Line. Before & After. Now photo taken summer of 2002 by Sam Lewit3 commentsMay 09, 2009
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Key_Berkeley19102631 viewsBack when the Key Route was new! Berkeley in 1910. John Stashik CollectionMay 09, 2009
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Key_7_Arlington_Ardmore2591 viewsKey System 7 car at end of track, Kensington, 1947. The motorman has not changed poles yet. The other end of the route ran up Euclid Ave. in Berkeley. John Stashik Collection2 commentsMay 09, 2009
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Key9671621 viewsKey System 18 car turns from Lakeshore Av. onto Walla Vista in Oakland. Courtesy of John StashikMay 09, 2009
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Keypass1484 viewsKey System pass, 1941. Courtesy of John StashikMay 09, 2009
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Key178_B1472 viewsEastward "B" train on Grand Ave. between Valdez and Harrison Sts. in Oakland, Sept., 1956. John Stashik CollectionMay 09, 2009
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KeyRouteInn1802 viewsThe famous Key Route Inn on the 22nd Street line of the San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose Railway. The downtown Oakland street would later be known as Grand Avenue, route of the B-line. Courtesy of John Stashik4 commentsMay 09, 2009
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keyanrptcvr19462424 viewsFront cover of 1946 Key System annual report.May 09, 2009
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Key1871403 viewsKey System "C" train lays over the Oakland Ave. and Latham Sts. in Piedmont, the end of the line. Courtesy of John Stashik1 commentsMay 09, 2009
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Key967_0011363 viewsKey967 Courtesy of John StashikMay 09, 2009
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Key925_2_7thCedar2289 viewsKSTL car at 7th & Cedar, Oakland, 1948. John Stashik CollectionMay 09, 2009
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Key175_F1758 views"F" train at Solano & The Alameda, Berkeley, September 1956. John Stashik Collection1 commentsMay 09, 2009
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Key9561313 viewsKey 956 is assigned to the Westbrae line and is shown near Hearst & Sacramento Sts. in Berkeley. The train on the other track is on the H-line. Courtesy of John StashikMay 09, 2009
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Key6641327 viewsKey System 664 is shown at Hopkins and California Sts. in Berkeley on the H route, 1935. Courtesy of John Stashik1 commentsMay 09, 2009
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Key6871758 viewsDescending the hill from Grand Avenue on the C-Piedmont line is Key System 687. Courtesy of John Stashik1 commentsMay 09, 2009
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Key175_A1696 viewsJuly 1956 at 12th & Oak Sts., in Oakland, terminal for the "A" line. Alameda County Courthouse in background. John Stashik Collection1 commentsMay 09, 2009
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Key152_E1533 viewsDomingo Ave. bound "E" train on 55th at Vicente St., Oakland in Sept. 1956. Telegraph Ave. is the intersection in the background. John Stashik Collection1 commentsMay 09, 2009
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Key1291620 viewsA westbound Key System "E" train at 55th & Shattuck, Oakland. Courtesy of John Stashik2 commentsMay 09, 2009
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Key129_A_Twr21811 views"A" train at Tower 2 John Stashik CollectionMay 09, 2009
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Key1721370 viewsKey System, F-line, Berkeley Courtesy of John StashikMay 09, 2009
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