Santa Fe Railroad Ferry China Basin

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Unfinished History

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Switching at China Basin slip in San Francisco, c. March 1971.

Image: Western Railway Museum archives, Jeff Moreau collection

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Switching at China Basin slip in San Francisco, March 1971.

Image: Western Railway Museum archives, Jeff Moreau collection

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The first in a two-photo set shows a Santa Fe engine pushing boxcars onto the barge at the China Basin slip.

Image: Western Railway Museum archives, Jeff Moreau collection

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A different angle while the tug Paul P. Hastings" goes by, c. March 1971.

Photo: Western Railway Museum Archives, Jeff Moreau collection.

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Switching cars off barge 8.

Photo: Western Railway Museum Archives, Jeff Moreau collection.

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The Santa Fe railroad slip, which connected San Francisco to Richmond, from this Pier 52 location.

Photo: Shaping San Francisco

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Pier 52, c. 1990s.

Photo: Shaping San Francisco