Trains in the Mission

Unfinished History

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Southern Pacific's San Jose Railroad chugging through the Mission District, c. 1920
Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

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Railroad right of way visibly curving through lower Noe Valley (part of which has been affectionately dubbed "La Lengua" by blogger Burrito Justice) in this early 1940s aerial image.

Photo: San Francisco Planning Department

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Train on bridge near Dolores Street, 1908.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

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Railroad passing Bernal Cut, 1908.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

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Southern Pacific train running on Harrison Street near 21st, 1905.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

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29th & Dolores Sts., apx. 1902, railroad bridge in background.

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

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The actual route of the San Francisco-San Jose Railroad through Noe Valley - 1873 - (David Rumsey Collection)



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