Railroad Landmarks

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Photo - Where have all the tracks gone? Lonely flasher stands guard on Division Street - July 2009

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Roundhouse
State Belt Railroad
1500 Sansome
Link

Former Roundhouse, Sandhouse, and Office building of the State Belt Railroad now converted into a multi-use office building. Built 1918.

Photo 1991, note SBRR yard tracks are in place, now removed.

RR Barge Slip
State Belt Railroad
Pier 43

Railroad barge slip used by the State Belt.

Photo 2009.

Tunnel
State Belt Railroad
Under Ft Mason

Railroad tunnel used by the SBRR to access Fort Mason and the Persideo. Held for future street car extension use.
Tunnel was also featured in the "Dirty Harry" movie.

SP Headquarters
Southern Pacific Railroad
1 Market Street

Headquarters building for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Built 1916. Vacated 1998, after the 1996 merger with the UPRR. Converted into an office building.

SP Hospital
Southern Pacific Railroad
1400 Fell Street
Link

Hospital building for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Built 1908. Closed 1968. Photo 2009.
Also used in the move D.O.A.

GSP&O Carbarn
Geary Street Park & Ocean RR
Geary & Arguello
Link

Former car barn for the GSP&O RR.

Station
Powell Street Railroad
7th & Fulton Street / Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park station for the Powell Street Railroad. Built 1889.

Cable Car Barn and Power House
Powell
1200 Mason Sreeet
Link

Cable Car Museum, Card Barn and Power House for the three operating lines. Built 1887. Link to the Museum. Info on the F&CHRR.

Cable Car Signal Tower
MUNI
California & Powell

Cable Car control for the crossing of the two cable lines. More INFO.

Rail Barge Slip
Santa Fe Railway (AT&SFRR)
Pier 52

Pier for rail barge used by the Santa Fe Railway. No longer in use.

Sub Station
Market Street Railway
1190 Fillmore Street
Link

Market Street Railway sub station.

Car Barn
MUNI
Geary & Presidio

MUNI Former Car Barn. Bus yard and office, photo 2009.

Car Barn Office
MUNI
2301 San Jose Avenue

Car Barn main building, built 1901. Brick carbarn used to be located behind but was closed and demolished after earthquake damage.

Car Barn
MUNI
Mariposa St & Hampshire St

Car Barn formerly used by streetcars, now used for trolley buses.

Street Car Shelter
MUNI
MacArthur & Franklin St

Old streetcar shelter used to be serviced by the now gone H-Line.

Private Car
WaaTeeKaa
Bechtel Museum, 50 Beale Street
Link

Representation of the private car used by the Bechtel family in the 1920s on large construction jobs. Restored "WaaTeeKaa" is a former C.St.P.M.&O. car and now houses the Bechtel Museum.

Tower
Caltrain
Townsend & 5th
Link

Former SP Railroad commute yard operations tower. One of the few towers in the state still in use.

Roundhouse
Southern Pacific Railroad
Bayshore Yard
Brisbane CA

One of the few remaining brick roundhouses in the state of California. San Francisco's own Roundhouse (Mission Bay) was torn down in the early 1960s. Bayshore Roundhouse suffered a severe fire in 2001.

Ferry
Southern Pacific RR
Pier 3
Link

Ferry Santa Rosa, built 1927.

Ferry
Eureka
Hyde Street Pier
Link

The last intact wooden-hulled sidewheel steamer afloat in the continental U.S., Eureka is significant as an example of a type of steamer that led U.S. inland waterborne commerce into the industrial era.

Tug Boat
Hercules
Hyde Street Pier
Link

Constructed in 1907, Hercules broke many towing records, beginning with her maiden voyage through the Straits of Magellan towing her sister ship.

Site (Station)
Clay Street Hill Railway Terminal
Clay and Kearny Streets
Link

Site of Eastern Terminus First Street Cars in World Propelled by Cable

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