https://www.pacificng.com/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=South_Pacific_Coast_Railway 2026-04-23T18:20:03Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.37.1 https://www.pacificng.com/w/index.php?title=South_Pacific_Coast_Railway&diff=5036&oldid=prev 2023-03-05T18:56:35Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:56, 5 March 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l19">Line 19:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 19:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the Santa Cruz mountains things were going a bit slower. The tunnels were being widened, the concrete arch near Tunnel No. 6 was built, and standard gauge ties were in place. The earthquake added more problems including landslides and tunnel damage.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the Santa Cruz mountains things were going a bit slower. The tunnels were being widened, the concrete arch near Tunnel No. 6 was built, and standard gauge ties were in place. The earthquake added more problems including landslides and tunnel damage.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finally in May 1909 the SPCRwy was standard gauge.&lt;ref&gt;''San Francisco Call'' May 29, 1909, page 6&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finally in May 1909 the SPCRwy was standard gauge.&lt;ref&gt;''San Francisco Call'' May 29, 1909, page 6&lt;/ref&gt; <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">However, the South Pacific Coast Railway carried on as a corporation until 1937 in order to continue paying the interest and principal of the 1887 Bonds. </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

John Hall https://www.pacificng.com/w/index.php?title=South_Pacific_Coast_Railway&diff=5035&oldid=prev 2023-03-05T18:31:40Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Trackage</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:31, 5 March 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l32">Line 32:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 32:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:[[:Media:SPC Rail Status by Segment and Year for PacificNG Nov 06 2019.pdf|South Pacific Coast Track Status Timeline by John F. Hall.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:[[:Media:SPC Rail Status by Segment and Year for PacificNG Nov 06 2019.pdf|South Pacific Coast Track Status Timeline by John F. Hall.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::A timeline of track life, including: construction, service dates and gauge changes.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::A timeline of track life, including: construction, service dates and gauge changes.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:[http://www.spcrr.org/PDFs/Hotbox_2022-08.pdf The South Pacific Coast Railroad’s Freight Ferry Service,] ''The Hotbox'', September/October 2021</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:[http://www.spcrr.org/PDFs/Hotbox_2021-12.pdf The Sinks,] ''The Hotbox'', November/December 2021</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:[http://www.spcrr.org/PDFs/Hotbox_2022-12.pdf South Pacific Coast Railroad Narrow Gauge/Standard Gauge Interchanges,] ''The Hotbox'', November/December 2022</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-SFpHMexw0 Take a Walk Around the SPC Newark Arcade Depot in 3D.] by [[User:John Hall|John Hall]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Photographs===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Photographs===</div></td></tr> </table>

John Hall https://www.pacificng.com/w/index.php?title=South_Pacific_Coast_Railway&diff=5023&oldid=prev 2023-02-28T19:52:24Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:52, 28 February 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l78">Line 78:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 78:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California|California]] / [[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California#Common Carrier|Common Carrier]] / [[South Pacific Coast Railway]]&lt;br&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California|California]] / [[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California#Common Carrier|Common Carrier]] / [[South Pacific Coast Railway]]&lt;br&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:36in Gauge Railroads]] [[Category:Carter Brothers]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:36in Gauge Railroads]] [[Category:Carter Brothers]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>  [[Category:Wheat]] [[Category:Barley]] [[Category:Flour]][[Category:Wheat]][[Category:Beer]] [[Category:Sugar]] [[Category:Paper]] [[Category:Vegetables]] [[Category:Brick]] [[Category:Aggregates]] [[Category:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Powder</del>]] [[Category:Lumber]] [[Category:Cordwood]] [[Category:Hides and Leather]] [[Category:Lime]] [[Category:Oil]]  [[Category:Coal]] [[Category:Fruit]] [[Category:Machinery]] [[Category:Rolling Stock]] [[Category:Bitumen]] [[Category:Hay|Hay]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>  [[Category:Wheat]] [[Category:Barley]] [[Category:Flour]][[Category:Wheat]][[Category:Beer]] [[Category:Sugar]] [[Category:Paper]] [[Category:Vegetables]] [[Category:Brick]] [[Category:Aggregates]] [[Category:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Explosives</ins>]] [[Category:Lumber]] [[Category:Cordwood]] [[Category:Hides and Leather]] [[Category:Lime]] [[Category:Oil]]  [[Category:Coal]] [[Category:Fruit]] [[Category:Machinery]] [[Category:Rolling Stock]] [[Category:Bitumen]] [[Category:Hay|Hay]]</div></td></tr> </table>

John Hall https://www.pacificng.com/w/index.php?title=South_Pacific_Coast_Railway&diff=5006&oldid=prev 2023-02-25T00:34:58Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Further Reading</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:34, 24 February 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l63">Line 63:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 63:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Holmes, Norman W., ''Prune Country Railroading'', Shade Tree 1985&lt;br&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Holmes, Norman W., ''Prune Country Railroading'', Shade Tree 1985&lt;br&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Hamman, Rick, ''California Central Coast Railways'', Pruett 1980&lt;br&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Hamman, Rick, ''California Central Coast Railways'', Pruett 1980&lt;br&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Shaw, Fisher, Highland, ''Oil Lamps and Iron Ponies'', Bay Books <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1849</del>&lt;br&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Shaw, Fisher, Highland, ''Oil Lamps and Iron Ponies'', Bay Books <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1949</ins>&lt;br&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Ford, Robert S., ''Red Trains in the East Bay'', Interurban 1977&lt;br&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Ford, Robert S., ''Red Trains in the East Bay'', Interurban 1977&lt;br&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:McCaleb, Charles S., ''Surf, Sand &amp; Streetcars'', Interurban 1977&lt;br&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:McCaleb, Charles S., ''Surf, Sand &amp; Streetcars'', Interurban 1977&lt;br&gt;</div></td></tr> </table>

John Hall https://www.pacificng.com/w/index.php?title=South_Pacific_Coast_Railway&diff=4976&oldid=prev 2023-01-22T05:38:56Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:38, 21 January 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l77">Line 77:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 77:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California|California]] / [[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California#Common Carrier|Common Carrier]] / [[South Pacific Coast Railway]]&lt;br&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California|California]] / [[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California#Common Carrier|Common Carrier]] / [[South Pacific Coast Railway]]&lt;br&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:36in Gauge Railroads]] [[Category:Wheat]] [[Category:Barley]] [[Category:Flour]][[Category:Wheat]][[Category:Beer]] [[Category:Sugar]] [[Category:Paper]] [[Category:Vegetables]] [[Category:Brick]] [[Category:Aggregates]] [[Category:Powder]] [[Category:Lumber]] [[Category:Cordwood]] [[Category:Hides and Leather]] [[Category:Lime]] [[Category:Oil]]  [[Category:Coal]] [[Category:Fruit]] [[Category:Machinery]] [[Category:Rolling Stock]] [[Category:Bitumen]] [[Category:Hay|Hay]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:36in Gauge Railroads]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Carter Brothers]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins>[[Category:Wheat]] [[Category:Barley]] [[Category:Flour]][[Category:Wheat]][[Category:Beer]] [[Category:Sugar]] [[Category:Paper]] [[Category:Vegetables]] [[Category:Brick]] [[Category:Aggregates]] [[Category:Powder]] [[Category:Lumber]] [[Category:Cordwood]] [[Category:Hides and Leather]] [[Category:Lime]] [[Category:Oil]]  [[Category:Coal]] [[Category:Fruit]] [[Category:Machinery]] [[Category:Rolling Stock]] [[Category:Bitumen]] [[Category:Hay|Hay]]</div></td></tr> </table>

John Hall https://www.pacificng.com/w/index.php?title=South_Pacific_Coast_Railway&diff=3966&oldid=prev 2022-01-22T06:13:03Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:13, 21 January 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l30">Line 30:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 30:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Trackage===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Trackage===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:[[:Media:SPC Rail Status by Segment and Year for PacificNG <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Apr 24 2021</del>.pdf|South Pacific Coast Track Status Timeline by John F. Hall.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:[[:Media:SPC Rail Status by Segment and Year for PacificNG <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nov 06 2019</ins>.pdf|South Pacific Coast Track Status Timeline by John F. Hall.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::A timeline of track life, including: construction, service dates and gauge changes.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::A timeline of track life, including: construction, service dates and gauge changes.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

John Hall https://www.pacificng.com/w/index.php?title=South_Pacific_Coast_Railway&diff=3860&oldid=prev 2021-12-07T21:13:53Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:13, 7 December 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l35">Line 35:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 35:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Photographs===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Photographs===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Collected </del>South Pacific Coast Railroad<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/</del>Railway Photographs<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>South Pacific Coast Railroad <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Photographs|South Pacific Coast </ins>Railway Photographs<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::Images collected from private collections, libraries and historical societies.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>::Images collected from private collections, libraries and historical societies.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

John Hall https://www.pacificng.com/w/index.php?title=South_Pacific_Coast_Railway&diff=3858&oldid=prev 2021-12-07T18:17:04Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:17, 7 December 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l19">Line 19:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 19:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the Santa Cruz mountains things were going a bit slower. The tunnels were being widened, the concrete arch near Tunnel No. 6 was built, and standard gauge ties were in place. The earthquake added more problems including landslides and tunnel damage.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the Santa Cruz mountains things were going a bit slower. The tunnels were being widened, the concrete arch near Tunnel No. 6 was built, and standard gauge ties were in place. The earthquake added more problems including landslides and tunnel damage.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finally in May 1909 the SPCRwy <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">had been </del>standard <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gauged</del>.&lt;ref&gt;''San Francisco Call'' May 29, 1909, page 6&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Finally in May 1909 the SPCRwy <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </ins>standard <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gauge</ins>.&lt;ref&gt;''San Francisco Call'' May 29, 1909, page 6&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> </table>

John Hall https://www.pacificng.com/w/index.php?title=South_Pacific_Coast_Railway&diff=3857&oldid=prev 2021-12-07T18:13:01Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:13, 7 December 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the time of consolidation the stockholders of the South Pacific Coast Railway were: James G. Fair, 44,844 1/2 Shares; Charles S. Neal, 10,048 shares; Alfred E. Davis, 4900 1/2 shares; Charles Stewart, 79 shares; E. J. Coleman, 25 shares; L. B. Benchley, 23 shares; E. J. Swift, 20 shares; R. H. Hall, 20 shares; Henry Skinner, 20 shares; E. J. Cox, 15 shares; S. V. Mooney, 1 share; Seth Cook, 1 share; E. S. Pillsbury, 1 share; V. W. Gaskill, 1 share; and Luther Fillmore,1 share.&lt;ref&gt;''Daily Alta California'' May 25, 1887, page 2&lt;/ref&gt;  A total value of $6,000,000 or 60,000 shares at a par value of $100 each.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the time of consolidation the stockholders of the South Pacific Coast Railway were: James G. Fair, 44,844 1/2 Shares; Charles S. Neal, 10,048 shares; Alfred E. Davis, 4900 1/2 shares; Charles Stewart, 79 shares; E. J. Coleman, 25 shares; L. B. Benchley, 23 shares; E. J. Swift, 20 shares; R. H. Hall, 20 shares; Henry Skinner, 20 shares; E. J. Cox, 15 shares; S. V. Mooney, 1 share; Seth Cook, 1 share; E. S. Pillsbury, 1 share; V. W. Gaskill, 1 share; and Luther Fillmore,1 share.&lt;ref&gt;''Daily Alta California'' May 25, 1887, page 2&lt;/ref&gt;  A total value of $6,000,000 or 60,000 shares at a par value of $100 each.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The consolidation was made to facilitate the transfer of the [[South Pacific Coast Railroad]] and its leased lines to new owners<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The new consolidation was debt free</del>. To pay for the transfer to the new owners the South Pacific Coast Railway, right-of-way, rolling stock, track, buildings, etc., was mortgaged <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for $5,500,000</del>. The mortgage was guaranteed by the Southern Pacific Company. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The mortgage company, </del>The Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. of New York, then issued Bonds to the stock holders of the SPCRY. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Finally the </del>stock holders then transferred their shares to Leland Stanford, C. P. Huntington, and Charles Crocker.&lt;ref&gt;''Sacramento Daily Record-Union'' July 16, 1887, page 4&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The consolidation was made to facilitate the transfer of the [[South Pacific Coast Railroad]] and its leased lines to new owners. To pay for the transfer to the new owners the South Pacific Coast Railway, right-of-way, rolling stock, track, buildings, etc., was mortgaged. The mortgage was guaranteed by the Southern Pacific Company. The Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. of New York<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, the mortgage company</ins>, then issued Bonds to the stock holders of the SPCRY. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </ins>stock holders then transferred their <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">SPCRwy </ins>shares to Leland Stanford, C. P. Huntington, and Charles Crocker.&lt;ref&gt;''Sacramento Daily Record-Union'' July 16, 1887, page 4&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>C. P. Huntington had not initially agreed to the language in the mortgage. Huntington's idea was that when the SP obtained the SPCRwy the Alameda Ferry Terminal would be abandoned and all ferry service would be through the SP's Oakland Mole. James Fair and fellow stockholders felt that this would depress the value of the Bonds and make it difficult to sell them at a future date. To prevent this the mortgage included a clause stating that that the SP agreed to maintain all SPCRwy service including ferries at the same level as at the time of execution of the mortgage.&lt;ref&gt;''Oakland Daily Evening Tribune'' July 14, 1887, page 3&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>C. P. Huntington had not initially agreed to the language in the mortgage. Huntington's idea was that when the SP obtained the SPCRwy the Alameda Ferry Terminal would be abandoned and all ferry service would be through the SP's Oakland Mole. James Fair and fellow stockholders felt that this would depress the value of the Bonds and make it difficult to sell them at a future date. To prevent this the mortgage included a clause stating that that the SP agreed to maintain all SPCRwy service including ferries at the same level as at the time of execution of the mortgage.&lt;ref&gt;''Oakland Daily Evening Tribune'' July 14, 1887, page 3&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On August 1, 1887 a new Board of Directors of the SPCRY was elected. The Directors were Leland Stanford, C. P. Huntington, Charles Crocker, Charles F. Crocker, Timothy Hopkins, W. V. Huntington, and N. T. Smith. Leland Stanford was elected President and Charles F. Crocker Vice-President.&lt;ref&gt;''Daily Alta California'' August 2, 1887, page 1&lt;/ref&gt;  The Board then leased the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">SPCRY </del>to the Southern Pacific Company. The SP then continued the Alameda ferry service and commute trains established by the [[South Pacific Coast Railroad]] for the next 50 years.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On August 1, 1887 a new Board of Directors of the SPCRY was elected. The Directors were Leland Stanford, C. P. Huntington, Charles Crocker, Charles F. Crocker, Timothy Hopkins, W. V. Huntington, and N. T. Smith. Leland Stanford was elected President and Charles F. Crocker Vice-President.&lt;ref&gt;''Daily Alta California'' August 2, 1887, page 1&lt;/ref&gt;  The Board then leased the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">SPCRwy </ins>to the Southern Pacific Company. The SP then continued the Alameda ferry service and commute trains established by the [[South Pacific Coast Railroad]] for the next 50 years.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The narrow gauge continued for almost 20 years before the system was completely converted to standard gauge. But during those 20 years the narrow gauge remained largely the same as it was during its independent years. The Timetable changed only slightly, dual gauge appeared in specific locations, the ferry boats served both Alameda and Oakland terminals, line side industries failed or improved, population along the route increased, the Santa Cruz Mountains continued to harass the section crews, the locomotives and rolling stock aged and were renovated as needed, and electricity arrived to light facilities and move street cars. Perhaps the biggest change that occurred was the relocation of the San Francisco freight ferry slip from the ferry building to Lombard Street to allow construction of a new Ferry Building. Then the infrastructure began to show its age. The Newark arcade depot burn in May 1902. Then in November of the same year the original Alameda ferry terminal burned down to be replaced 3 years later with a new terminal.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The narrow gauge continued for almost 20 years before the system was completely converted to standard gauge. But during those 20 years the narrow gauge remained largely the same as it was during its independent years. The Timetable changed only slightly, dual gauge appeared in specific locations, the ferry boats served both Alameda and Oakland terminals, line side industries failed or improved, population along the route increased, the Santa Cruz Mountains continued to harass the section crews, the locomotives and rolling stock aged and were renovated as needed, and electricity arrived to light facilities and move street cars. Perhaps the biggest change that occurred was the relocation of the San Francisco freight ferry slip from the ferry building to Lombard Street to allow construction of a new Ferry Building. Then the infrastructure began to show its age. The Newark arcade depot burn in May 1902. Then in November of the same year the original Alameda ferry terminal burned down to be replaced 3 years later with a new terminal.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1904 the Southern Pacific began actively working on the conversion from narrow to standard gauge <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with work beginning </del>to enlarge the tunnels. The plan was to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sever </del>the troublesome mainline between High Street<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>Alameda and Davis Street in San Leandro. From there a cutoff would be constructed north east to a connection with the SP at Elmhurst. This would eliminate the section of track crossing the San Leandro marshes that was subject to episodes of subsidence.   </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">By 1896 dual gauge track had been installed from the SP San Jose Shops at Lenzen Avenue and Wright's. A dual gauge depot had also been built in Santa Cruz. </ins>In 1904 the Southern Pacific began actively working on the conversion <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of the mainline </ins>from narrow to standard gauge <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by starting </ins>to enlarge the tunnels. The plan was to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">abandon </ins>the troublesome mainline between High Street <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in </ins>Alameda and Davis Street in San Leandro. From there a cutoff would be constructed north east to a connection with the SP at Elmhurst. This would eliminate the section of track crossing the San Leandro marshes that was subject to episodes of subsidence<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Rather than build dual gauge track on the mainline between Alameda and San Jose a gauge change was scheduled to occur early on a Sunday morning. The date chosen was April 18, 1906. In preparation for the change ballast was dug out to reveal the standard gauge ties that had replaced the narrow gauge ties as maintenance required. Sidings were regauged ahead of the Sunday conversion. Spikes had been added for the outside of the standard gauge. All that remained was to slide the rails out about 10 inches on each side and respike them. A massive crew of men was assembled and then at 5:12 am a massive earthquake hit Marin County plunging the San Francisco Area into confusion, massive damage, and fire. A month later the rails were slid into place and the mainline from Oakland to Wright's was standard gauged</ins>.   </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In the Santa Cruz mountains things were going a bit slower. The tunnels were being widened, the concrete arch near Tunnel No. 6 was built, and standard gauge ties were in place. The earthquake added more problems including landslides and tunnel damage.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Finally in May 1909 the SPCRwy had been standard gauged.&lt;ref&gt;''San Francisco Call'' May 29, 1909, page 6&lt;/ref&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Reference Material Available Online==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Reference Material Available Online==</div></td></tr> </table>

John Hall https://www.pacificng.com/w/index.php?title=South_Pacific_Coast_Railway&diff=3856&oldid=prev 2021-12-07T16:52:38Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 09:52, 7 December 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l14">Line 14:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 14:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On August 1, 1887 a new Board of Directors of the SPCRY was elected. The Directors were Leland Stanford, C. P. Huntington, Charles Crocker, Charles F. Crocker, Timothy Hopkins, W. V. Huntington, and N. T. Smith. Leland Stanford was elected President and Charles F. Crocker Vice-President.&lt;ref&gt;''Daily Alta California'' August 2, 1887, page 1&lt;/ref&gt;  The Board then leased the SPCRY to the Southern Pacific Company. The SP then continued the Alameda ferry service and commute trains established by the [[South Pacific Coast Railroad]] for the next 50 years.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On August 1, 1887 a new Board of Directors of the SPCRY was elected. The Directors were Leland Stanford, C. P. Huntington, Charles Crocker, Charles F. Crocker, Timothy Hopkins, W. V. Huntington, and N. T. Smith. Leland Stanford was elected President and Charles F. Crocker Vice-President.&lt;ref&gt;''Daily Alta California'' August 2, 1887, page 1&lt;/ref&gt;  The Board then leased the SPCRY to the Southern Pacific Company. The SP then continued the Alameda ferry service and commute trains established by the [[South Pacific Coast Railroad]] for the next 50 years.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The narrow gauge continued for almost 20 years before the system was completely converted to standard gauge. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bur </del>during those 20 years the narrow gauge remained largely the same as it was during its independent years. The Timetable changed only slightly, dual gauge appeared in specific locations, the ferry boats served both Alameda and Oakland terminals, line side industries failed or improved, population along the route increased, the Santa Cruz Mountains continued to harass the section crews, the locomotives and rolling stock aged and were renovated as needed, and electricity arrived to light facilities and move street cars. Perhaps the biggest change that occurred was the relocation of the San Francisco freight ferry slip from the ferry building to Lombard Street to allow construction of a new Ferry Building. Then the infrastructure began to show its age. The Newark arcade depot burn in May 1902. Then in November of the same year the original Alameda ferry terminal burned down to be replaced 3 years later with a new terminal.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The narrow gauge continued for almost 20 years before the system was completely converted to standard gauge. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">But </ins>during those 20 years the narrow gauge remained largely the same as it was during its independent years. The Timetable changed only slightly, dual gauge appeared in specific locations, the ferry boats served both Alameda and Oakland terminals, line side industries failed or improved, population along the route increased, the Santa Cruz Mountains continued to harass the section crews, the locomotives and rolling stock aged and were renovated as needed, and electricity arrived to light facilities and move street cars. Perhaps the biggest change that occurred was the relocation of the San Francisco freight ferry slip from the ferry building to Lombard Street to allow construction of a new Ferry Building. Then the infrastructure began to show its age. The Newark arcade depot burn in May 1902. Then in November of the same year the original Alameda ferry terminal burned down to be replaced 3 years later with a new terminal.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1904 the Southern Pacific began actively working on the conversion from narrow to standard gauge with work beginning to enlarge the tunnels. The plan was to sever the troublesome mainline between High Street, Alameda and Davis Street in San Leandro. From there a cutoff would be constructed north east to a connection with the SP at Elmhurst. This would eliminate the section of track crossing the San Leandro marshes that was subject to episodes of subsidence.   </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1904 the Southern Pacific began actively working on the conversion from narrow to standard gauge with work beginning to enlarge the tunnels. The plan was to sever the troublesome mainline between High Street, Alameda and Davis Street in San Leandro. From there a cutoff would be constructed north east to a connection with the SP at Elmhurst. This would eliminate the section of track crossing the San Leandro marshes that was subject to episodes of subsidence.   </div></td></tr> </table>

John Hall