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San Francisco and Oakland Railroad

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143: 2100: 236:. By 1868, a CP subsidiary had purchased the WP line and then restarted the construction of it, through a contract with Turton, Knox & Ryan, beginning February 1868 from Sacramento working south to connect with the line beginning, later in June 1869, eastward from the point Western Pacific had stopped in Niles Canyon. Also in June 1869, they added a new line, through a contract with J. H. Strobridge, from Niles northwest towards Oakland. In September 1869 this new line towards Oakland was first connected temporarily to the SF&A at 1603: 877: 812: 1299: 2301: 1363: 1241: 1176: 1158: 772: 2005: 721: 1952: 1945: 1794: 1786: 1777: 1769: 1761: 1589: 1515: 1462: 1313: 1150: 991: 977: 779: 1802: 1752: 1563: 1556: 1539: 1524: 1429: 1215: 1199: 2026: 1925: 1917: 1908: 1901: 1893: 1869: 1861: 1853: 1826: 1818: 1809: 1744: 1736: 1691: 1683: 1674: 1667: 1659: 1635: 1627: 1619: 1581: 1547: 1507: 1499: 1455: 1356: 1320: 1271: 1233: 1223: 1122: 909: 697: 683: 2033: 2019: 1531: 1415: 1408: 1263: 1208: 1168: 1141: 1115: 728: 340: 1992: 1985: 1978: 1959: 1885: 1651: 1571: 1384: 1279: 984: 935: 1878: 1644: 1436: 1422: 1095: 1075: 1055: 1035: 1013: 955: 928: 901: 893: 866: 846: 826: 801: 752: 690: 663: 643: 623: 603: 583: 563: 543: 523: 503: 483: 463: 443: 423: 403: 383: 363: 1469: 1377: 1370: 1334: 1327: 1286: 2127:, having been damaged in an explosion, was purchased, extensively rebuilt as a ferryboat, and placed in service. In 1868, the Central Pacific Railroad controlled the SF&O and anticipated much increased traffic when the transcontinental railroad was completed to Oakland. They ordered a new even larger ferryboat, the 251:
Two months later, the connection to the SF&O was made and the small Oakland Point wharf was expanded. On the morning of November 8, 1869, the first transcontinental train to use the expanded ferry terminal at Oakland Point traversed the SF&O line and the Western Pacific Railroad to get
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Having large amounts of long-distance passenger and freight railroad traffic traverse Oakland on 7th Street, one of its main streets, was not a good idea for either the city or the railroad. During 1869 and 1870, a bypass track was constructed starting in San Antonio and using a new bridge across
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On 7th Street there was still a large amount of traffic of local steam passenger trains as the service was extended farther into East Oakland. The Central Pacific Railroad was leased to the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1885. In 1911 the SP started electrifying its local train service in the
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Indian Creek Slough that led to 1st Street and along this street to Oakland Point. Initially the bypass was used for freight trains only, but in later years, long-distance passenger trains used it also and a new station for them was built at 1st Street and Broadway (
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The San Francisco and Oakland Railroad (and Ferry Co.) was formed in October 1861 under the leadership of Rodman Gibbons and other Oakland residents in order to provide transportation to Oakland by means of a
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The cost of the extension and of building a new larger ferry boat caused Gibbons and his associates to lose control of the company SF&O in 1865 to A. A. Cohen, president of the
2147:. In 1863, needing another locomotive, the SF&O purchased a 2-2-4 type combination locomotive and express car from a line in San Francisco. It was unnamed, but was unofficially called 2540: 126:
and bought SF&O. Beginning November 8, 1869, part of the SF&O line served as the westernmost portion of the transcontinental railroad. It subsequently was absorbed into the
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to Sacramento and continue east on the Central Pacific Railroad. The city of Oakland held a large celebration later in the day to greet the first westbound transcontinental train.
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Traffic increased steadily so an extension of the line was planned. In 1864 the track was extended across a bridge over Indian Creek Slough, the outlet to
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became California Pacific RR # 178; rebuilt as 4-4-0 in 1872; became Stockton & Copperopolis # 3; then Southern Pacific # 1101; retired 1892
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After 1879, the transcontinental trains no longer used the Altamont Pass Niles Canyon route, taking a shorter route from Sacramento via
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where passengers could take a train into Oakland. Service began in September 1862 along 7th Street to
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The SF&O originally purchased a small, unnamed, 2-2-0 type locomotive and a larger 4-4-4 type
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and carried the most passengers of any line in the system. In 1939, under the subsidiary company,
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Red Trains in the East Bay: The History of the Southern Pacific Transbay and Ferry System
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to replace it. With the extended railroad line, traffic increased considerably and the
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continued to use the former SF&O and Western Pacific routes to reach San Jose.
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Key System Streetcars: Transit, Real Estate and the Growth of the East Bay
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became California Pacific RR shop switcher in Sacramento; retired 1877
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New York and Oakland are bound together by ties strapped with iron.
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was soon inadequate for regular service. The larger river packet
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decided that Oakland would be the west coast terminus of the
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purchased 1863 from Market Street Railroad of San Francisco
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Predecessors of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company
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ferry terminal connecting with railroad service through
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The first ferryboat used by the SF&O, the leased
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Pioneer railroad with ferry in California (1862–1870)
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Public transportation in Alameda County, California
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Index

Northern California
Central Pacific Railroad
Track gauge
standard gauge
San Francisco
Oakland
San Antonio
Central Pacific Railroad
First transcontinental railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

ferry
Oakland Point
a station
downtown Oakland
Lake Merritt
Oakland Estuary
San Antonio
San Francisco and Alameda Railroad
Central Pacific Railroad
transcontinental railroad
Oakland Point
1868 Hayward earthquake
Western Pacific Railroad (1862-1870)
San Jose
Niles Canyon
Altamont Pass
Sacramento
San Jose

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