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portablesub3674 viewsSN portable sub-station near Marysville. Date unknown. J.G. Graham Collection
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Mallard_ferry_landing_approach_track_Looking_Northeast3660 viewsThis is the approach track to the ferry slip at Mallard. Because the ferry slip burned, the tracks do not continue much further than this point.
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SNRRferryRamon3660 viewsSN Ferry Ramon leaving the pier at Mallard. 1946-47 Courtesy of W.T. Larkins
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pacrailnews3_4_72d3640 viewsGreat shot of Thornhill overpass at Moraga Rd in Oakland. I go by this spot almost every day. The trestle and concrete piers are gone, but you can still see the grade on the right side. The grade on the left has been leveled and is now the onramp for Hwy
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nn_273635 viewsGreat (aerial?) photo of ferry Ramon at the landing in the straits. 1948. Photo courtesy of Roger K. Heller
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24_G3617 viewsUpper platform, looking south Photo by Evan
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21_G3610 viewsAnother interior shot of the Main waiting area. Photo by Evan
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SN 44-tonner at Reed3602 viewsSN 44-tonner at Reed, 1963. Photo by John Harder. Thanks to Key Route Ken for supplying the image.
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Key_PopJunc3578 viewsPoplar Junct., Oakland. Key shuttle car from 12th St. meets a 22nd St. line train bound for the pier. John Stashik Collection
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SNRR661atchabot3576 viewsFreight motor 661 heading west at Chabot. 1946-47 Courtesy of W.T. Larkins
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ecS3569 viewsEl Cerrito, southern part. Shows Santa Fe line with customers and spurs. Line was abandoned May 1979; most of the spurs were gone long before that. Courtesy of Tom Panas
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SN_Waterfront_Map_Sacramento3556 viewsThis is a map of all SN rail lines and spurs on the Sacramento waterfront. The map is from the Yahoo! SN group.
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Key1723544 viewsKey System, F-line, Berkeley Courtesy of John Stashik
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table_5_1_283530 viewstable.5.1.28 Courtesy of John Stashik
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Havens_Station_19553516 viewsA view of Havens Station, near the west portal of the tunnel.
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oldrail3497 viewsThis was an old piece of rail I found off the side of the trail. I don't know my guages, but you can see the scale with my GPS (about the size of a cell phone) right next to it.
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Demolition of 40th & Shafter Yards3444 viewsSacramento Northern's 40th & Shafter yard in Oakland, Califr being torn down, 1957. View faces 40th & Opal Streets. John Harder photo. Thanks to Key Route Ken for sending me this great shot
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Oakland_16th_Street3424 views16th Street Station as of 8/2/2003. Elevated structures are still in place, but the tracks have long since been removed.
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marker3414 viewsFor so few remnants of the SN, I was excited to see this. I don't know what it was, but it looks like some kind of mileage marker or something. The top has a bevel so it appears that this was the correct height. The top is roughly 2 feet above the roadbed
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00_273404 viewsTrain 27. Last revenue passenger train to run over the line. 7-12-41. First station built by local residents to replace flag stop. Note unique design compared to other SN structures. Photo courtesy of Vernon Sappers
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ecN3402 viewsEl Cerrito, northern part. Blue lines show tracks; pink notes rail customers. The Oakland line was abandoned in May 1979; most of the spurs were long gone before that. Courtesy of Tom Pana
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snsubstation3399 viewsSN substation right at east portal tunnel in the Oakland/Canyon hills.
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18_G3397 viewsLower main line platform looking south. Photo by Evan
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Keypass3389 viewsKey System pass, 1941. Courtesy of John Stashik
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Clarksburg_Branch_Babel_Slough_Road_facing_Sacramento3386 viewsA view of the Babel Slough Rd. grade crossing, facing towards Riverview.
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westernarc7_17_23376 viewsWestern Architect Magazine July 1917 16th St. SP station.
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Sacramento_Northern_Concord_Station_2_0213372 viewsThis is a view of the station platform at Concord.
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Sacramento_Northern_Ohmer_Flagstop_0163367 viewsThis is the Ohmer flagstop, located near the present North Concord BART station. This point is roughly half-way between Concord and Clyde.
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schmidt23336 viewsSanta Fe in El Cerrito; Schmidt Lane area Courtesy of Tom Panas
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SN_Crossbuck_Canyon3334 viewsThis is a replica of a crossbuck that once stood at this location in Clyde. At the foot of the crossbuck is the base of a wig-wag signal which used to stand here.
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SN_Switchstand_1_for_Mallard_ferry_approach3317 viewsOriginal SN switchstand still standing at West Pittsburg. This switch leads to the side storage track.
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2004_0229_165125AA3295 viewsThis is a view of the r.o.w. at Havens, from Paso Robles Road, looking East towards the tunnel.
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2004_0229_171842AA3295 viewsThis is a view of the r.o.w. at Temescal, looking East towards Montclairl. This photo can be compared to that of the one in the newspaper article, also posted on this site. Notice that little has changed.
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railrebar3272 viewsIn a few places it looked like some of the rail was used as concrete reinforcement. All the rail I found on my hike today was different guages. This one here was very small. I'd say about the same size as the rail used at the Tilden Steam trains!
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pacrailnews3_4_72f3269 viewsRebuilt 605, originally OA&E's 105 comes down the middle of Shafter Ave east of College Ave. Pacific Rail News March 4th 1972 from the collection at the Moraga History Center
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17_G3268 viewsUpper Red Train platform looking north Photo by Evan
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