NativeSon5859
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I’ve always been curious about this. Why do 5/6 terminate/originate in EMY as opposed to OKJ? Isn’t the servicing yard in Oakland? I seem to recall that OKJ was the end terminus in the past. Thanks!
Never mind. Folks with better knowledge than I have responded.I’ve always been curious about this. Why do 5/6 terminate/originate in EMY as opposed to OKJ? Isn’t the servicing yard in Oakland? I seem to recall that OKJ was the end terminus in the past. Thanks!
And 880 freeway rebuild and line relocation that put a freeway between the railroad and that station (which is still standing, btw).I liked it much better when the old OAK station at 16th and Wood was still the terminus. I guess the big earthquake ended that for good...
Yeah...just took a glance at it on Google maps...looks rather sad, what's left of it, compared to it's golden era....And 880 freeway rebuild and line relocation that put a freeway between the railroad and that station (which is still standing, btw).I liked it much better when the old OAK station at 16th and Wood was still the terminus. I guess the big earthquake ended that for good...
I don’t think the CZ ever used the Oakland Jack London station. It used to terminate in the old Oakland 16th Street station, which was east of the Oakland yards, as is EMY. 16th st station was severely damaged in the 1989 earthquake, so EMY became the terminus and 16th st station was permanently closed.I’ve always been curious about this. Why do 5/6 terminate/originate in EMY as opposed to OKJ? Isn’t the servicing yard in Oakland? I seem to recall that OKJ was the end terminus in the past. Thanks!
You need to look at the location relative to the yard. Others have mentioned that there was a brief period when that backup was attempted, and before then when the 16th Street Station (OAK) was used as the endpoint.I’ve always been curious about this. Why do 5/6 terminate/originate in EMY as opposed to OKJ? Isn’t the servicing yard in Oakland? I seem to recall that OKJ was the end terminus in the past. Thanks!
Interesting....the station looks pretty decent on the inside, obviously crying for a restoration, but still relatively clean and debris free, with no sign's of vandalism...Barely on topic, but the SF Ballet put the old Oakland 16th Street Station to good use as the backdrop for their In Countenance of Kings promo video a couple of years ago. It might be of interest to some of you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMTv_Y0Zrl4
It also served as the "hotel" in the HBO movie "Hemmingway and Gellhorn" movie fairly recently.Interesting....the station looks pretty decent on the inside, obviously crying for a restoration, but still relatively clean and debris free, with no sign's of vandalism...Barely on topic, but the SF Ballet put the old Oakland 16th Street Station to good use as the backdrop for their In Countenance of Kings promo video a couple of years ago. It might be of interest to some of you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMTv_Y0Zrl4
I don't think anyone broke in, but even with fences the outside looks pretty bad.Interesting....the station looks pretty decent on the inside, obviously crying for a restoration, but still relatively clean and debris free, with no sign's of vandalism...Barely on topic, but the SF Ballet put the old Oakland 16th Street Station to good use as the backdrop for their In Countenance of Kings promo video a couple of years ago. It might be of interest to some of you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMTv_Y0Zrl4
Emeryville Station was already open by then. Not sure why they wouldn't have used it as the terminus almost immediately. OKJ wouldn't have been operating yet.When I rode the CZ in May 1994 via Thruway bus from San Francisco, the station for OAK was apparently at 1701 Wood St. (according to the Museum of Railway timetables copy). The place we boarded the train was right on the water. There is a footnote in the timetable that the stop will be moving, and that in the future the bus connection to San Francisco would be made at Emeryville.
Emeryville Station was already open by then. Not sure why they wouldn't have used it as the terminus almost immediately. OKJ wouldn't have been operating yet.When I rode the CZ in May 1994 via Thruway bus from San Francisco, the station for OAK was apparently at 1701 Wood St. (according to the Museum of Railway timetables copy). The place we boarded the train was right on the water. There is a footnote in the timetable that the stop will be moving, and that in the future the bus connection to San Francisco would be made at Emeryville.
That address is the 16th Street Station more or less. If you look at the layout now, there's a road where the tracks used to be.
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