Trains in the Mission
Unfinished History
Southern Pacific's San Jose Railroad chugging through the Mission District, c. 1920
Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA
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 Street, 1908.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Railroad passing Bernal Cut, 1908.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Southern Pacific train running on Harrison Street near 21st, 1905.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
29th & Dolores Sts., apx. 1902, railroad bridge in background.
Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA
The actual route of the San Francisco-San Jose Railroad through Noe Valley - 1873 - (David Rumsey Collection)