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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | |||
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'''Southern Pacific railyard crossing 4th Street when the terminal was at 3rd and Townsend, seen here from King Street, January 26, 1965.''' | |||
''Photo: Charles Ruiz collection'' | |||
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'''The 4th & Townsend Caltrain terminal, | '''The 4th & Townsend Caltrain terminal, as it looked until its late 1990s makeover. (A block away at 3rd, there once stood a [[THE RAILROAD COMES TO SF?|beautiful Spanish Mission style station]], in the days when steaming [[Trains in the Mission| locomotives]] brought thousands into the city every day.) Note too, the stump of Interstate-280 that dead-ended at 4th Street in the background of this photo.''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | |||
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'''The Caltrain terminal in 2013, still an unimpressive concrete block, albeit with new signs and significantly new surroundings!''' | |||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
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''' | '''3rd & Townsend, c. 1935, Southern Pacific railroad depot''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:13, 24 May 2014
Unfinished History
Southern Pacific railyard crossing 4th Street when the terminal was at 3rd and Townsend, seen here from King Street, January 26, 1965.
Photo: Charles Ruiz collection
Caltrain, the publicly maintained commuter rail from San Jose to San Francisco, rolls south near the 22nd St. station.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
The 4th & Townsend Caltrain terminal, as it looked until its late 1990s makeover. (A block away at 3rd, there once stood a beautiful Spanish Mission style station, in the days when steaming locomotives brought thousands into the city every day.) Note too, the stump of Interstate-280 that dead-ended at 4th Street in the background of this photo.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
The Caltrain terminal in 2013, still an unimpressive concrete block, albeit with new signs and significantly new surroundings!
Photo: Chris Carlsson
3rd & Townsend, c. 1935, Southern Pacific railroad depot
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA