Across the great bay from San Francisco, the city of Alameda evolved into an island hometown of fine Victorian and Craftsman architecture and a port containing a naval air station, shipbuilding center, and the winter home of the long-gone Alaska Packers fleet of tall ships. But Alameda also was a busy railroad town. In 1864, a passenger railroad with a ferry connection created a commute to San Francisco. In 1869, the city became the first Bay Area terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad. Alameda became an island because a railroad allowed construction crews to dig a tidal canal, separating it from Oakland in 1902. Later generations rode steam, then electric, trains to a grand ferry pier where ornate watercraft guided them the 20 minutes to San Francisco. An auto tube, and later the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, hastened the demise of ferry, then rail, operations before World War II.
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Authors Grant Ute and Bruce Singer compiled this evocative collection of vintage images to celebrate Alameda's railway heritage using the archives of the Bay Area Electric Railroad Association's Western Railway Museum. Singer rode the Pacific Electric Red Cars in his youth and, after he retired, realized his dream of becoming a motorman. Ute, the grandson of a San Francisco motorman, is a founder of the San Francisco Railway Archive.
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Took this to a retirement group and showed everyone. We all are very impressed.
My grandfather ran the ferries that carried the railcars across the Bay which added to my enjoyment of this book. When I was in school the tracks were still on Lincoln Avenue even though the trains hadn't run for a very long time. Wouldn't it be great to have them again. Talk about saving gas. Thank you
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On September 6, 1869, Alameda briefly became the Pacific anchor of the transcontinental railroad. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tidal canal, standard gauge Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southern Pacific, San Francisco, Park Street, High Street, Santa Clara Avenue, Encinal Line, West Alameda, Alameda Mole, Central Avenue, Encinal Avenue, South Pacific Coast, San Jose Avenue, Bridge Railway, Key System, Lincoln Avenue, Lincoln Line, Webster Street Bridge, Eighth Street, East Bay, Alameda Pier, Bay Bridge, Both Sappers, Central Pacific, Fernside Boulevard, Fruitvale Bridge New!
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On September 6, 1869, Alameda briefly became the Pacific anchor of the transcontinental railroad. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tidal canal, standard gauge Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southern Pacific, San Francisco, Park Street, High Street, Santa Clara Avenue, Encinal Line, West Alameda, Alameda Mole, Central Avenue, Encinal Avenue, South Pacific Coast, San Jose Avenue, Bridge Railway, Key System, Lincoln Avenue, Lincoln Line, Webster Street Bridge, Eighth Street, East Bay, Alameda Pier, Bay Bridge, Both Sappers, Central Pacific, Fernside Boulevard, Fruitvale Bridge New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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