Southern Pacific Railroad Rolls Through the City

Unfinished History

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Long line of people waiting to tour General Motors's Train of Tomorrow at the Southern Pacific depot at 3rd and Townsend on November 25, 1947.

Photo: San Francisco Railway Museum

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Train leaving Harrison at 22nd Street, 1905.

Photo: San Francisco Railway Museum

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22nd and Harrison, 1905.

Photo: San Francisco Railway Museum

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Edweard Muybridge photo of San Francisco and San Jose railroad depot at Valencia and Market from 1866 to 1872.

Photo: Edweard Muybridge

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Valencia and 25th Street train depot, 1850s to the 1920s.

Photo: San Francisco Railway Museum

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Southern Pacific Depot at 25th and Valencia.

Photo: Bancroft Library

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Train approaching Valencia Station in 1912.

Photo: San Francisco Railway Museum

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Southbound train on Dolores Street overpass near 27th Street, 1907.

Photo: San Francisco Railway Museum

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Southbound train at Bernal just north of Glen Park, 1904.

Photo: San Francisco Railway Museum

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Southern Pacific train at 22nd and Harrison, 1905.

Photo: San Francisco Railway Museum

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Triple heading on Harrison near 21st Street, c. 1900

Photo: San Francisco Railway Museum

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1948 view north from Oakdale toward Southern Pacific Steam Engine 4442, Train 96 and Newcomb Ave. Station. Potrero Hill in background.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp27.50206