{{Short description|Railway in California}} {{use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{for|the modern light rail service|M Ocean View}} [[File:Bayshore Cutoff map.svg|thumb|right|Map of the Ocean View Branch (blue) and the Bayshore Cutoff]] {{Ocean View Branch|collapse=y}} The '''Ocean View Branch''' was a railroad line between [[San Francisco]] and [[San Bruno, California]]. It was in use from 1863 to 1942, with some sections remaining until the 1970s. Its importance as a rail corridor was greatly reduced after the 1907 opening of the flatter and shorter [[Bayshore Cutoff]]. The right-of-way between [[Glen Park station|Glen Park]] and San Bruno was reused for [[Interstate 280 (California)|Interstate 280]] and [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]].
==History== The [[San Francisco and San Jose Railroad]] opened south from San Francisco to [[San Francisquito Creek]] on October{{nbsp}}23, 1863, and to San Jose in January 1864. It ran from a station at Temple (later 25th) and San Jose Street then wound southwest through the San Bruno hills of southern San Francisco. It turned south through [[Daly City, California|Daly City]] and southeast at [[Colma, California|Colma]], then paralleled [[California State Route 82|El Camino Real]] through [[South San Francisco, California|South San Francisco]] to [[San Bruno, California]].<ref name=Kline1946 /> The largest [[Cut (earthworks)|earthworks]] on the line was the Bernal Cut, which was originally excavated at {{convert|2700|ft}} in length and a depth of {{Convert|43|ft}}.<ref name="bernal cut">{{cite web |title=The big cut through Bernal ... completed |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18630326.2.9.1&srpos=13&e=------186-en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22san+jose+railroad%22+bernal+cut-------1 |website=cdnc.ucr.edu |publisher=Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 25, Number 3747, 26 March 1863 |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref> The San Francisco terminal was moved several times in the early history of the service. Initial runs utilized trolley tracks to terminate around 18th and Valencia, near the Pioneer Race Course, though this was cut back to Valencia Street station early on. The line was extended over Harrison Street to a new terminal in the Mission Bay on Brannan Street, which opened on February 14, 1864. By around 1866, trains were again being run up Valencia Street to a new depot at Market Street. A few special steam trains ran down the Market Street Railway from this connection before the practice was forbidden in 1868.<ref name=Stindt>{{cite magazine |last1=Stindt |first1=Fred A. |title=Peninsula Service |magazine=The Western Railroader |volume=20, no. 9. |issue=213 |date=1957 |pages=11, 13 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_western-railroader-the-western-railfan_1957_20_9/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=2 July 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Winter Arrangement |url=https://www.nesssoftware.com/www/img/sf/alta/18670313.png |access-date=3 July 2024 |agency=Daily Alta California |date=March 13, 1867}}</ref>
The railroad was not very useful to local residents in San Francisco: high fares discouraged both passengers and freight, and [[street running]] in the [[Mission District]] made the ride slow.<ref name=omi>{{cite web |url=http://www.outsidelands.org/OMI-small-feb2010.pdf |title=San Francisco's Ocean View, Merced Heights, and Ingleside (OMI) Neighborhoods: 1862–1959 |publisher=San Francisco Historic Preservation Fund Committee |pages=14–21, 24 |first1=Richard |last1=Brandi |first2=Woody |last2=LaBounty}}</ref> [[Helper engine]]s were required for the 3% [[Grade (slope)|grade]] at Oceanview in southern San Francisco.<ref name=brandi />
The company was acquired by the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] (SP) in 1868. The northern end of the line was rerouted off of Valencia Street to Harrison, Division, and Townsend streets as the Southern Pacific had been granted land in the [[Mission Bay (San Francisco)|Mission Bay]] for a new terminal,<ref>{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Carlsson |url=http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=THE_RAILROAD_COMES_TO_SF%3F |title=The Railroad Comes to SF? |website=Found SF |accessdate=May 1, 2019 }}</ref> which opened in 1874.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jottings about town |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle-jottings-about-t/159332152/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |via=Newspapers.com |date=August 18, 1874 |location=San Francisco, California |page=3}}</ref><ref name=Stindt /> In 1878, the SP surveyed an alternate route east of [[San Bruno Mountain]] to bypass the line's grades and curves.<ref name=SJEN-000504>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=llIiAAAAIBAJ&pg=2216%2C4658175 |title=Two Tracks to San Jose |date=May 4, 1900 |newspaper=The Evening News |location=San Jose |page=5}}</ref>
Southern Pacific built the Lake Merced branch in 1893 anticipating crowds at a fair the following January — tracks extended from Ocean View station to about 45th and Lincoln. Following the fair, tracks were removed until about Lake Merced, and continued to see oil trains into the 1920s. An additional spur at Ocean View went to Ingleside Race Course.{{sfn|Stindt|1957|p=13}} Residents rejected a plan to double-track the railroad around 1900.<ref name=brandi>{{cite book |title=Paper Abstracts |chapter=Searching for the "Lost" Southern Pacific Line |page=8 |first=Richard |last=Brandi |date=June 1, 2008 |publisher=Society for Industrial Archeology}}</ref>
The [[Market Street Railway (transit operator)|United Railroads]] opened its [[San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway|San Mateo interurban]] between San Francisco and San Mateo in 1902.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/150191602/ |title=Electric Cars to San Mateo |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner |date=January 1, 1903 |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> It paralleled the SP for its whole length and ran directly alongside the railroad between South San Francisco and Burlingame. It competed with the railroad for passengers, especially for traffic to the Colma cemeteries for which the SP had numerous [[flag stop]]s.<ref name=1913tt>{{cite book |url=https://wx4.org/to/foam/sp/maps/and_timetables/1913-01SP_PeninsulaLocalTT.pdf |title=Southern Pacific Peninsula Service |date=January 1913 |publisher=Southern Pacific Railroad}}</ref>
On December{{nbsp}}8, 1907, the SP opened its [[Bayshore Cutoff]] between San Francisco and San Bruno.<ref name=bayshore>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/150143177/ |title=Bay Shore Cut-off Will Open To-day |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner |date=December 8, 1907 |page=24 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The new cutoff was straighter and flatter than the old route: it reduced the maximum grade from 3% to 0.3%, the maximum elevation from {{convert|292|feet}} to {{convert|20|feet}}, and the San Francisco–San Bruno distance from {{convert|13.69|miles}} to {{convert|11.04|miles}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-call-and-post/150140056/ |title=Guests Inspect the New Bay Shore Cutoff |newspaper=The San Francisco Call and Post |date=December 8, 1907 |page=24 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> With the cutoff thus saving 20 minutes in running time, most service switched to the new route.<ref name=bayshore /> The old mainline between though points became the Ocean View Branch, also called the San Bruno Branch or San Bruno line. By 1913, more that two dozen daily round trips used the cutoff, with just 3–4 round trips over the Ocean View Branch.<ref name=1913tt /> Some service was provided by [[McKeen Motor Car Company|McKeen Motor Cars]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thompson |first=Gregory Lee |url=https://archive.org/details/passengertrainin0047thom |title=The Passenger Train in the Motor Age: California's Rail and Bus Industries, 1910–1941 |publisher=[[Ohio State University Press]] |year=1993 |isbn=0-8142-0609-3 |location=[[Columbus, OH]] |url-access=registration |page=56}}</ref> The SP planned to electrify the Ocean View Branch as an extension of the [[Peninsular Railway (California)|Peninsular Railway]] to compete with the San Mateo interurban, but never did so.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-gatos-mail/150139562/ |title=Cutoff to Open on October 15th |newspaper=Los Gatos Mail |date=September 12, 1907 |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 15, 1908 |title=S.P. To Build Electric Line |work=San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SLODT19080815.2.3 |page=1}}</ref>
In June 1919, passenger service over the line was reduced to a single daily round trip.<ref name=steam>{{cite book |title=When Steam Ran on the Streets of San Francisco |first1=Walter |last1=Rice |first2=Emiliano |last2=Echeverria |pages=61–70 |year=2002 |publisher=Harold E. Cox}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://wx4.org/to/foam/maps/1more7/1923-09SP_CoastLinePTT.pdf |title=Form 2: Coast Line Time Tables |date=September 1923 |publisher=Southern Pacific Railroad}}</ref> The SP was allowed to temporarily discontinue passenger service on the branch in November 1928 when the Bernal Cut was widened to build San Jose Avenue. This became permanent in March 1930, though freight service continued.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/150132636/ |title=Ocean View Train Suspension Approved |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner |date=March 19, 1930 |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-recorder/150132600/ |title=Railroad Commission State of California |newspaper=The Recorder |date=October 26, 1928 |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-gazette-the-peninsula-beacon/150132677/ |title=Colma Railway Loss Protested By Supervisors |newspaper=Times-Gazette |date=March 20, 1936 |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=Smith2007>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Emma Bland |title=San Francisco's Glen Park and Diamond Heights |date=2007 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9780738547510 |chapter=Four: The Bernal Cut and San Jose Avenue |pages=61–67}}</ref> Plans were put forward in 1930 to integrate the line into a proposed rapid transit system with much of the route rebuilt as an [[elevated railway]] and a new segment north along Capp Street leading to Mission Street.<ref>{{cite news |title=Capp Street On High |url=https://burritojustice.com/2010/03/15/capp-street-on-high/ |access-date=3 July 2024 |publisher=Burrito Justice |date=March 15, 2010}}</ref> The tracks were abandoned north of Ocean Avenue to 23rd Street on August{{nbsp}}10, 1942, and south of Ocean Avenue to at least Daly City after a 1956 excursion train.<ref name=steam /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkeley-gazette/150192997/ |title=Special Train To Tour Area |newspaper=The Berkeley Gazette |date=July 14, 1956 |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>{{sfn|Stindt|1957|pp=19–21}} Tracks had been taken up for scrap metal in [[World War II]].<ref name=Kline1946>{{cite news |last1=Kline |first1=Douglas |title=Vanished Landmarks of San Francisco |agency=San Francisco City-County Record |volume=13 |number=10 |date=October 1946 |pages=17, [https://archive.org/details/sanfranciscocity1315sanf/page/n235/mode/2up 30] |url=https://archive.org/details/sanfranciscocity1315sanf/page/n221}}</ref> The [[Interstate 280 (California)|Southern Freeway (Interstate 280)]] was constructed partially on the abandoned right-of-way between Glen Park and Daly City in the 1960s.<ref name=ayanian>{{cite magazine |url=http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/Californiahighways/chpw_1964_julaug.pdf |title=New S.F. Freeway |magazine=California Highways and Public Works |date=July–August 1964 |pages=9–17 |publisher=Division of Highways, Department of Public Works, State of California |first=Haig |last=Ayanian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826152918/http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/Californiahighways/1964_julaug.pdf |archive-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/Californiahighways/chpw_1964_novdec.pdf |title=Construction Progress |magazine=California Highways and Public Works |date=November–December 1964 |page=20|publisher=Division of Highways, Department of Public Works, State of California |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826115426/http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGTL/Californiahighways/chpw_1964_novdec.pdf |archive-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref> [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) opened its San Francisco line in 1973, paralleling I-280 between Glen Park and Daly City.<ref name=barthistory />
Further southward extensions of BART were proposed to use more of the branch alignment.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/152790817/ |title=Commuting At 75 MPH – New Plan |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner |date=December 18, 1959 |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/152727887/ 8] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/152728006/ |title=$89.4 Million To Run BART To San Bruno |first=H.W. |last=Kusserow |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner |date=February 3, 1971 |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Freight service on the Daly City–South San Francisco segment ended in 1978.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://colmahistory.com/1999-No.48%20Aug-Sept-Oct%20Newsletter.pdf |title=[Untitled] |date=August–October 1999 |page=4 |issue=48 |publisher=Colma Historical Association |magazine=News and Notes from the Colma Historical Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015043158/https://colmahistory.com/1999-No.48%20Aug-Sept-Oct%20Newsletter.pdf |archive-date=2023-10-15}}</ref> From 1984 to 1988, BART constructed an extension south from Daly City to a new yard at Colma, partially along the former right-of-way.<ref name=barthistory>{{BART History}}</ref> Tracks on Harrison as far as Treat were maintained until about 1990 when the [[Best Foods]] plant closed and demand plunged.<ref name=CreelyParcel36 /> The [[Muni Metro]] [[J Church]] [[light rail]] line would be extended down San Jose Avenue through the Bernal Cut beginning in 1991.<ref name=Smith2007 /> [[Colma station]] was added to the BART system in 1996.<ref name=barthistory /> The 2003-opened extension to San Francisco International Airport and Millbrae was built in a tunnel under the abandoned right-of-way from Colma to San Bruno.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dyk3AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA12-SA3-PA42 |title=BART-San Francisco Airport Extension: Final Environmental Impact Report/Final Environmental Impact Statement |volume=I |date=June 1996 |publisher=Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref>{{rp|3.13–42}} Some rails remained in place until construction began on the extension, while other sections had been sold to adjacent cemeteries.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/the-history-of-bart-on-the-peninsula/article_a8542b55-b84f-5ff9-9e70-eedc94cbae56.html |title=The History of BART on the Peninsula |author=Fredericks, Darold |date=June 3, 2013 |newspaper=San Mateo Daily Journal |access-date=June 27, 2024}}</ref> The Centennial Way Trail opened in 2008 between South San Francisco station and San Bruno station. It uses the right-of-way of the Ocean View Branch and the parallel interurban.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bartable.bart.gov/featured/36-minutes-south-san-francisco |title=36 minutes in South San Francisco |date=June 10, 2024 |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref> Issues with right of way ownership of freight spurs along Harrison Street persisted into the 2020s.<ref name=CreelyParcel36>{{cite news |last1=Creely |first1=Elizabeth |title=Parcel 36: the lot San Francisco’s county, city and tax collector forgot |url=https://missionlocal.org/2017/12/parcel-36-the-lot-san-franciscos-county-city-and-tax-collector-forgot/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |agency=Mission Local |date=December 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Creely |first1=Elizabeth |title=San Francisco sticks nonexistent company with tax bill for contested plot of Mission land |url=https://missionlocal.org/2019/02/san-francisco-sticks-nonexistent-company-with-tax-bill-for-contested-patch-of-mission-land/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |agency=Mission Local |date=February 12, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jarrett |first=Will |date=2023-10-13 |title=Restraining orders hit parcel 36 rivals — more litigation to come |url=https://missionlocal.org/2023/10/restraining-orders-parcel-36-monkeybrains-mission-greenway/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Mission Local |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Stations== {| class="wikitable sticky-header" |- !Municipality !Station<ref name=1913tt /> ![[Railway milepost|mi (km)]] !Services !Opened !Notes |- |rowspan=10|[[San Francisco]] |[[Third and Townsend Depot]] |0 |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly)<br />{{rint|heritage|tram|link=Market Street Railway (transit operator)}} [[Market Street Railway (transit operator)|Market Street Railway]] |April 15, 1889 |start of the [[Bayshore Cutoff]] |- |Fourth and Townsend | |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) |August 17, 1874 | |- |Fourth and Brannan | |[[San Francisco and San Jose Railroad]] |February 14, 1864<ref>{{cite news |title=Ten cars ran Sunday... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/appeal-democrat-ten-cars-ran-sunday/197508657/ |access-date=14 May 2026 |newspaper=Marysville Daily Appeal |date=February 18, 1864 |location=Marysville, California |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | |- |Sixth and Brannan | |[[San Francisco and San Jose Railroad]]<br />[[File:BSicon HORSECAR.svg|thumb frameless|20px]] Central (Street) Railroad |June 29, 1864<ref>{{Unbulleted list citebundle |{{cite news |title=San Jose Railroad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-call-bulletin-san-jose/197892572/ |access-date=14 May 2026 |agency=Daily Morning Call |date=June 29, 1864 |location=San Francisco, California |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}} |{{cite news |title=Railroad Notice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-call-bulletin-railroad/197506803/ |access-date=14 May 2026 |agency=Daily Morning Call |date=June 29, 1864 |location=San Francisco, California |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |quote=a platform has been erected for the convenience of passengers}} }}</ref> | |- |18th Street |{{convert|1.6|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} | | | |- |[[Valencia Street station|Valencia Street]] |{{convert|2.7|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly)<br />{{rint|heritage|tram|link=Market Street Railway (transit operator)}} [[Market Street Railway (transit operator)|Market Street Railway]] |1863 | |- |Bernal |{{convert|4.0|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) | | |- |{{stl|Southern Pacific Railroad|Elkton}} |{{convert|5.2|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) | | |- |Rup | | | | |- |Oceanview |{{convert|6.3|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) | | |- |[[Daly City]] |{{stl|Southern Pacific Railroad|Daly City}} |{{convert|7.4|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) | | |- | |Union Park |{{convert|8.1|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) | | |- |rowspan=9|[[Colma, California|Colma]] |{{stl|Southern Pacific Railroad|Colma}} |{{convert|8.5|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) |October 23, 1863 | |- |Woodlawn |{{convert|9.0|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) | |[[Flag stop]], served [[Woodlawn Memorial Park (Colma, California)|Woodlawn Memorial Park]] |- |Greenlawn |{{convert|9.1|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) | |[[Flag stop]], served [[Greenlawn Memorial Park (Colma, California)|Greenlawn Memorial Park]] |- |Eternal Home |{{convert|9.2|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) | |[[Flag stop]], served Eternal Home Cemetery |- |Mt. Olivet |{{convert|9.3|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) | |[[Flag stop]], served [[Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park|Mount Olivet Cemetery]] |- |Sholim |{{convert|9.4|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) | |[[Flag stop]], served [[Salem Memorial Park|New Salem Cemetery]] |- |Emmanuel |{{convert|9.7|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) | |[[Flag stop]], served [[Home of Peace Cemetery (Colma, California)|Home of Peace Cemetery]] |- |Cypress Lawn |{{convert|9.9|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) | |[[Flag stop]], served [[Cypress Lawn Memorial Park]] |- |Holy Cross |{{convert|10.3|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) | |served [[Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California)|Holy Cross Cemetery]] |- |rowspan=2|[[South San Francisco]] |Baden |{{convert|11.4|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly)<br />{{rint|heritage|tram|link=Market Street Railway (transit operator)}} [[Market Street Railway (transit operator)|Market Street Railway]]: [[40 San Mateo]]<br />[[South San Francisco Railroad and Power Company|South San Francisco Railroad and Power]] | |Railroad Avenue Line runs east to South San Francisco |- |{{stl|Southern Pacific Railroad|Tanforan}} |{{convert|13|mi|km|0|abbr=values}} |[[File:Southern Pacific Railroad's logo.jpg|16px]] [[Southern Pacific|SP]] services (formerly) |{{circa|1899}} | |- |colspan=6 align="center"|''continues south as the [[Coast Line (California)|Coast Line]]'' |}
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==External links== {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}} {{commons category inline}} *[https://eastbayhillsproject.org/gallery/highway-280-bart-and-reemergence-of-the-southern-pacific-san-bruno-branch-part-i-introduction/ East Bay Hills Project – Highway 280, BART, and Reemergence of the Southern Pacific San Bruno Branch] *[https://wx4.org/to/foam/sp/motor_cars/loop/cars.html The Elusive San Francisco - San Bruno "Loop" Motors] *{{cite news |last1=Creely |first1=Elizabeth |title=It wasn’t so long ago that trains ran through the Mission |url=https://missionlocal.org/2020/05/it-wasnt-so-long-ago-that-trains-ran-through-the-mission/ |access-date=19 November 2024 |agency=Mission Local |date=May 25, 2020}} — photos and firsthand account from a former switchman in the Mission District
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