Special Topics

Hidden Treasures of Sacramento Northern History
Sacramento Northern Essentials
The Chestnut Street Connector and War - The Western Pacific's Lost Opportunity
The Chestnut Street Connector and War - To and From the Oakland Army Base
The Chestnut Street Connector and War - Highway 880 and the Union Street Connector
The Holland Branch - The SN Entry
The Holland Branch - Ryde Saga and Oxford
The Holland Branch - The Road to Sorroca
The Holland Branch - Greg Merwin's Tour of Greendale and Central
The Holland Branch - Coniston, Willow Point and the Great Trestle
The Holland Branch - No Turning Around at Clarksburg
The Holland Branch - Down The Levee, Where is Bermuda?, Argenta Beets, and The Tower of Babel
The Holland Branch - Down By the Riverside
Rails to Rails
Highway 280, BART, and Reemergence of the Southern Pacific San Bruno Branch, Part I - Introduction
Highway 280, BART, and Reemergence of the Southern Pacific San Bruno Branch, Part 2 - The Highway 280 Reconnaissance Mystery
Highway 280, BART, and the Reemergence of Southern Pacific San Bruno Branch, Part 3 - Demystifying Elkton
Highway 280, BART, and the Reemergence of Southern Pacific San Bruno Branch, Part 4 - Cayuga Park, Ocean View, and Daly City
Highway 280, BART, and the Reemergence of Southern Pacific San Bruno Branch, Part 5 - Eminent Domain of Abandoned Property
Water and Agriculture
Water in the 20th Century - Private-to-Public, Part I - Water Wars
Water in the 20th Century - Private-to-Public, Part II - Whose Water Now?
Water in the 20th Century - Private-to-Public, Part III - More on Temescal Creek and Water Rights
How Eminent Domain Saved Lamorinda, Part 1 - Redwood School No Longer in Session
How Eminent Domain Saved Lamorinda, Part 2 - Watershed Shuffle
How Eminent Domain Saved Lamorinda, Part 3 - Two for One at Briones
How Eminent Domain Saved Lamorinda, Part 4 - Briones Valley Before the Flood
Eminent Domain, Highways, and the Impact on Contra Costa County
How Eminent Domain Saved Lamorinda, Part 5 - Slow Traffic in the 1950s
How Eminent Domain Saved Lamorinda, Part 6 - Breaking the Bottleneck and Imminent Departure at the Bypass
How Eminent Domain Saved Lamorinda, Part 7 - The Highway 77 Saga and Other Roads Not Created
How Eminent Domain Saved Lamorinda, Part 8 - Highway 77 Redux in Shepherd Canyon
How Eminent Domain Saved Lamorinda, Part 9 - Highway 77 and the Contra Costa County Entry
How Eminent Domain Saved Lamorinda, Part 10 - The Final Chapter for Highway 77
Industry and Electricity
Industry of the North Coast I - Intro and The Old Bay Point
Industry of the North Coast II - The Rise and Fall of Smith Lumber
Industry of the North Coast III - The Archeology of Burgess' Bridge
Industry of the North Coast IV - Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company
Industry of the North Coast V - Clyde and the Mystique of the Riveter
Industry of the North Coast VI - General Chemical and Turning a Blind Eye at Nichols
Industry of the North Coast VII - Charles Hooper's Empire from the Air
Forgotten, Altered or Erased Through Time
The Steps to Northvale
Wye San Anselmo
The Erased Cut of the Key Number 11 Line
A Ride From the Pier to Halcyon Court on the Elusive SP Ellsworth St. Line
Come Fly With Me
George Russell I - The Coast of Oakland
George Russell II - The Oakland Skyline of the 1920s
George Russell III - Lake Merritt, Broadway, and Before the Posey Tube
George Russell IV - Exploring the Oakland Side of The Estuary
George Russell V - Alameda and the Three Bridges
George Russell VI - Oakland Airport and Melrose
George Russell VII - The Transition Zone, Havenscourt to 85th Avenue
George Russell VIII - Automobiles, Elmhurst and Stonehurst to the Border
George Russell IX - Caterpillar, Canning and Pencils in San Leandro
George Russell X - The Industrialization of Emeryville South of Stanford Avenue
George Russell XI - The Industrialization of Emeryville North of Stanford Avenue and the Iconic Water Tower
Transition Moments in Time in the Bay Area
Mrs. Dixon's Mailbox and Other Saranap Scenes Unraveled
Trestle Glen 1922
Temescal 1948
Two 40th Streets For the Road
Double Piedmont Avenue Stations
Transformation of the Linden Street Corridor at the Emeryville-Oakland Border, Part 1, Tower 3 to 45th Street
Transformation of the Linden Street Corridor at the Emeryville-Oakland Border, Part 2, 45th to 55th Street
Buildings and Houses Cleared for the Freeways
Missing From Chabot Canyon - The Other Maybeck and its Neighbor
Missing From Chabot Canyon - The Reyes Property Line
Missing From Chabot Canyon - Heimbold, MacDonald and Homes West of Roble Road
Missing From Chabot Canyon - The Blossers and the Claremont-Chabot Tract
Missing from Chabot Canyon - 1953 Update
Missing From Chabot Canyon - Severing Severance
Missing From Chabot Canyon- Homes on the Move in the 1960s
Missing from Chabot Canyon - Consumed by the Fire and Final Accounting
In the Way of the MacArthur Maze - Part 1, Center for the Adult Blind
In the Way of the MacArthur Maze - Part 2, Historical Account
Transportation Corridors and Lakeshore - Intro and Roadmap
Transportation Corridors and Lakeshore - Interurban Routes
Transportation Corridors and Lakeshore - Streetcars and Buses
Transportation Corridors and Lakeshore - Eminent Domain and the MacArthur Corridor
Transportation Corridors and Lakeshore - Planning a Freeway
Transportation Corridors and Lakeshore - Building a Freeway
Transportation Corridors and Lakeshore - Eminent Domain I - A Walk Around the Block at Lakeshore Avenue
Transportation Corridors and Lakeshore - Eminent Domain 2 - A Tight Fit from Brookwood Rd. To Park Blvd.
Tales of Trails
Travels with Charlie Siebenthal - In Search of the SN in 1974 Part 1
Travels with Charlie Siebenthal - In Search of the SN in 1974 Part 2
Travels with Charlie Siebenthal - In Search of the SN in 1974 Part 3 Finale
The Iron Horse Trail and the Abandoned SP San Ramon Branch - Introduction and Avon
The Iron Horse Trail and the Abandoned SP San Ramon Branch - Has Anyone Seen Galindo?
The Iron Horse Trail and the Abandoned SP San Ramon Branch - Concord Ave. to the Freeway Divide
The Iron Horse Trail and the Abandoned SP San Ramon Branch - Monument Boulevard to Hookston
The Iron Horse Trail and the Abandoned SP San Ramon Branch - Las Juntas and Treat Boulevard
The Iron Horse Trail and the Abandoned SP San Ramon Branch - Crossing Walnut Creek in Walnut Creek
The Iron Horse Trail and the Abandoned SP San Ramon Branch - Station on The Move in Walnut Creek
The Iron Horse Trail and the Abandoned SP San Ramon Branch - The Origin of South Broadway
The Iron Horse Trail and the Abandoned SP San Ramon Branch - Alamo's Elusive O. A. & E. Trestle
The Iron Horse Trail and the Abandoned SP San Ramon Branch - Widboro, Hemme and Other Puzzle Pieces
The Iron Horse Trail and the Abandoned SP San Ramon Branch - The Last Train From Danville
The Iron Horse Trail and the Abandoned SP San Ramon Branch - San Ramon, Terminal Redux
The Iron Horse Trail and the Abandoned SP San Ramon Branch - Freight Sequences through Dougherty
The Iron Horse Trail and the Abandoned SP San Ramon Branch - Asco’s Beets and the Radum Wye
Northern California Stories
Oroville in the 20th Century - An Electric Railway Arrives
Oroville in the 20th Century - The Second Decade Brings Lumber and Railroad Expansion
Oroville in the 20th Century - Swayne Lumber and Sacramento Northern Passenger Era
Oroville in the 20th Century - The Flood of 1937 and its Aftermath
Oroville in the 20th Century - The Freight Era, Oil Tanks and High Street
Oroville in the 20th Century - The Freight Depot and The Diamond Match Company
Oroville in the 20th Century - A 1950s Trip Through the Main Yard
Oroville in the 20th Century - Epilogue of an Electric Railway
The Lost Architecture of Marysville - Introduction and Background
The Lost Architecture of Marysville - The SN Route to the Station
The Lost Architecture of Marysville - Leaving No Trace
The Lost Architecture of Marysville - The SN Route on the D St. Loop
The Lost Architecture of Marysville - Come and Gone on 5th St.
The Lost Architecture of Marysville - Connector and Siding Sightings
The Lost Architecture of Marysville - Dotting the i's and Crossing the t’s
Going Places
Getting to School in the Bay Area by Electric Rails - San Francisco to San Mateo
Getting to School in the Bay Area by Electric Rails - North Bay and College Avenue to UC Berkeley
Getting to School in the Bay Area by Electric Rails - More Alameda County
Getting to School in the Bay Area by Electric Rails - Lamorinda Memories
Getting to School in the Bay Area by Electric Rails - Dudley Thickens Trek From Saranap
Getting Around Chico in the Electric Era - Introduction
Getting Around Chico in the Electric Era - Freights to Hardscrabble
Getting Around Chico in the Electric Era - Autumn on the Esplanade
Getting Around Chico in the Electric Era - Big Chico Creek and the Depot Area
Getting Around Chico in the Electric Era - Main St., Part 1 - Single, Double, Single
Getting Around Chico in the Electric Era - Main St., Part 2 - Lots of Curves You Bet … at the Junction
Getting Around Chico in the Electric Era - Little Chico Creek and Get Me to Diamond Match on Time
Getting Around Chico in the Electric Era - And to Think That I Saw it in Mulberry Yard
Getting Around Chico in the Electric Era - The Last Episode, Down to the Wire
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