On the other side of the Bay, there is probably the most famous street running mile in the United States (or even the whole world): Mile-long freight trains rumble across Jack London Square in Oakland, as do Amtrak trains and light engines. Here is a small collection from back then:
Signal bridge, Jack London Square, Oakland, August 1993
An Amtrak train: The EMD F40 with the number 248 only has to pull a few cars; unfortunately I didn't note any train numbers or timetables:
Amtrak 248, Jack London Square, Oakland, August 1993
Amtrak 248, Jack London Square, Oakland, August 1993
Amtrak 248, Jack London Square, Oakland, August 1993
A freight train: Southern Pacific, whose EMD SD40T-2 with the number 8233 is in the consist here in the fourth position, was still a separate company in 1993, but three years later, financially bled dry, it was taken over by Union Pacific.
Freight train, Jack London Square, Oakland, August 1993
Freight train, Jack London Square, Oakland, August 1993
Freight train, Jack London Square, Oakland, August 1993
At the end of the train is a Union Pacific car which still bears the initials of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, which had been taken over 10 years earlier:
Freight train, Jack London Square, Oakland, August 1993
And finally, a Southern Pacific EMD-SW1500 switcher rattled past, which I took from the Barnes&Noble one can see in the first few photos above:
SP 2631, Jack London Square, Oakland, August 1993
Translated partially with DeepL.com (free version)
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