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'''Southern Pacific's San Jose Railroad chugging through the Mission District, c. 1920'''<br>''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
'''Southern Pacific's San Jose Railroad chugging through the Mission District, c. 1920'''
 
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''


[[Image:Rr-in-noe-valley-towards-bernal-cut 3014.jpg|720px|thumb]]
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'''Train on bridge near Dolores Street, 1908.'''
'''Train on bridge near Dolores Street, 1908.'''


''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''


[[Image:Railroad passing Bernal Cut 1908 AAA-9900.jpg]]
[[Image:Railroad passing Bernal Cut 1908 AAA-9900.jpg]]
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'''Railroad passing [[Bernal Cut|Bernal Cut]], 1908.'''
'''Railroad passing [[Bernal Cut|Bernal Cut]], 1908.'''


''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''




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''United Railroads carbarn and trolley on Mission near 29th Street, 1937.'''
''United Railroads carbarn and trolley on Mission near 29th Street, 1937.'''


''Photo: private collector, San Francisco''
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco''




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'''Southern Pacific train running on Harrison Street near 21st, 1905.'''
'''Southern Pacific train running on Harrison Street near 21st, 1905.'''


''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''


[[Image:transit1$29th-dolores-c-1902.jpg]]
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'''29th & Dolores Sts., apx. 1902, railroad bridge in background.'''
'''29th & Dolores Sts., apx. 1902, railroad bridge in background.'''


''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''


[[Image:1873_SFSJ_RR_missiondist_rumsey.jpg]]
[[Image:1873_SFSJ_RR_missiondist_rumsey.jpg]]


'''The actual route of the San Francisco-San Jose Railroad through Noe Valley - 1873 - (David Rumsey Collection)'''
'''The actual route of the San Francisco-San Jose Railroad through Noe Valley - 1873'''
 


''Photo: David Rumsey Collection''





Revision as of 16:44, 13 November 2013

Unfinished History

Transit1$sp-railroad-in-mission-c-1920.jpg

Southern Pacific's San Jose Railroad chugging through the Mission District, c. 1920

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Rr-in-noe-valley-towards-bernal-cut 3014.jpg

Railroad right of way visibly curving through lower Noe Valley (part of which has been affectionately dubbed "La Lengua" by blogger Burrito Justice) in this early 1940s aerial image.

Photo: San Francisco Planning Department

Train on bridge near Dolores 1908 AAB-3476.jpg

Train on bridge near Dolores Street, 1908.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

Railroad passing Bernal Cut 1908 AAA-9900.jpg

Railroad passing Bernal Cut, 1908.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library


Carbarn-and-trolley-on-Mission-near-29th-1937.jpg

United Railroads carbarn and trolley on Mission near 29th Street, 1937.'

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco


21st-and-Harrison-SP-train-1905-AAA-9981.jpg

Southern Pacific train running on Harrison Street near 21st, 1905.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

Transit1$29th-dolores-c-1902.jpg

29th & Dolores Sts., apx. 1902, railroad bridge in background.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

1873 SFSJ RR missiondist rumsey.jpg

The actual route of the San Francisco-San Jose Railroad through Noe Valley - 1873

Photo: David Rumsey Collection


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