Interesting Links Relating to the State Belt Railroad

• A page about the State Belt Railroad - http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist8/beltrr.html
• State Belt Photography - http://www.snowcrest.net/photobob/statebelt.html
• A thread on the SBRR - http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=-1&TOPIC_ID=15270&REPLY_ID=129326
• A Wikipedia entry about the San Francisco Belt RR - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Belt_Railroad
• Photo of #7 at the roundhouse. - http://forums.railfan.net
• Photos of ALCO #25 switching the Freedom Train and the roundhouse - http://wx4.org/to/foam/sp/san_fran/cisco.html
• The U.S. Army's San Francisco Port of Embarkation in San Francisco - http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wwIIbayarea/embarkation.htm
• A really informative page on the State Belt RR roundhouse - http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wwIIbayarea/bel.htm
• Yreka Western RR received locomotives from the State Belt - http://cordic-and-co.com/rr/08_More_Yreka.htm
• U.S. Supreme Court ruling about the SBRR regarding the "hauling over the road a car equipped with defective coupling apparatus." - http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=us/297/175.html -
• Landmark 86000207 - Beltline Railroad Roundhouse - http://www.noehill.com/sf/landmarks/nat1986000207.asp
• Tracks at Fort Mason warehouse - http://www.citybirds.com/DigitalPhotos09/FtMasonWarehouses02.html
• Closeup of rail frog, Fort Mason - http://www.quovadimus.org/sf/fortmason/docks/34-700.html
• Closeup of rails, Fort Mason - http://www.quovadimus.org/sf/fortmason/docks/33-400.html
• Fort Mason Tunnel - http://www.quovadimus.org/sf/fortmason/docks/35-400.html
• Railpictures.net (search for keywords SAN FRANCISCO BELT) - http://www.railpictures.net
• Central California Rails: Alcos - http://cencalrails.railfan.net/alcos.html
• Recent photographs of existing trackage by Dan Furtado - http://www.trainweb.org/dansrailpix/statebelt01.htm
• Photo of State Belt #9 under steam - http://www.yesteryeardepot.com/calstbl.htm
• Fort Mason History - http://www.militarymuseum.org/Pt%20San%20Jose.html

Links to State Belt #4 operators and Vulcan Locomotives

• Vulcan Iron Works - http://sanfranciscotrains.org/vulcan-iron-works.html
• Modesto Empire Traction Company - http://www.metrr.com/history.html
• A 1910 Vulcan Engine - http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/steamtown/shs2b.htm

Links to other railroads and transit in San Francisco

• Market Street Railway - http://www.streetcar.org/
• Port 70 Resources - http://www.pier70sf.org/links_resources/links_resources.html -
• Port of San Francisco - http://www.sfport.com/site/sfport_index.asp -
• Film of Ferries and Cliff House Railroad shot from moving train. - http://www.sfmuseum.org/loc/ggview.html -
• picture the Elephant, reportably first train to run on san Francisco streets - http://www.anchorbrewing.com/san_francisco/steam.htm
• Cable Car Chronology - http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/cct2.html
• Steam motive power in SF - http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccsfwhensteam1.html
• Photos of the original SP mainline out of San Francisco - http://www.railsaroundthebay.net/history/orgmain/action1.html

Link to the proposed F-Line/E-Line extension that would use the former State Belt RR tunnel at Fort Mason

• Proposal to extend F-Line streetcar to Fort Mason by using State Belt RR right of way - http://www.streetcar.org/ppf/future/nextstop/index.html
• Historic Streetcar Extension Web Site - http://www.historicstreetcarextension.org/
• Information and proposed track alignments - http://www.historicstreetcarextension.org/info.htm
• Executive Summary - http://www.historicstreetcarextension.org/files/ExecutiveSummary.pdf
• Chronicle Article May 4, 2006 - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/04/BABADIGEST4.DTL&hw=streetcar&sn=001&sc=1000
• Examiner Article May 10, 2006 - http://www.examiner.com/a-103729~Historic_F_line_streetcars_may_extend_to_Fort_Mason.html

Other Links on Regional Railroading

• A local group is restoring an Ocean Shore passenger car. - http://www.oceanshorerailroad.com/
• San Francisco Preservation Society - http://www.sfpsociety.org
• Millbrae Historical Society - http://www.millbraehs.org
• Pullman Shops in Richmond - http://www.pullmanshops.com/
• Golden Gate Railroad Museum - http://www.ggrm.org/
• Rail Around The Bay - http://www.railsaroundthebay.net/history.html
• Concord Historical Society article about railroads in Concord mentions sale of 0-6-0 steam engine to Baypoint and Clayton RR (Large PDF file)- http://www.conhistsoc.org/CHS_3_2005.pdf

In general interest

• Animation of steam piston http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6914/termod3e.htm
• The Ultimate Steam Page http://www.trainweb.org/tusp/index.html
• Islais Creek - http://www.islaiscreek.org/
• NWP photos and description - http://www.sunnyfortuna.com/railroad/index.htm
• All about Car Floats - http://www2pb.ip-soft.net/railinfo/car-floats/car-floats.html
• Restoring a Yosemite Valley RR observation car - http://www.yv330.com/
• A page about Blues musican Robert Johnson including California Railroads and Black railroad workers in the Bay Area, trains and blues music in general http://www.earlyblues.com/essay_california.htm