A number of military bases in San Francisco hosted rail operations in years past. Most also rostered their own motive power ranging from small industrial steam locomotives, small diesel electrics and even to a few with large eight-wheel switch engines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former airstrip located along the City’s northern shore, downhill of the Presidio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Major dock and warehouse operation. Long since converted to civilian use, but the tracks remain intact and visible in the pavement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Large base with several warehouses connected to spur lines from the State Belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Naval shipyard. Served by the U. S. Navy Drydock Railroad, which operated about 5 miles of track extending from the shipyard to a connection with the Southern Pacific. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A number of military bases in San Francisco hosted rail operations in years past. Most also rostered their own motive power ranging from small industrial steam locomotives, small diesel electrics and even to a few with large eight-wheel switch engines. Crissy Army Air Field Former airstrip located along the City’s northern shore, downhill of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":223,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-617","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanfranciscotrains.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanfranciscotrains.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanfranciscotrains.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanfranciscotrains.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanfranciscotrains.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sanfranciscotrains.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":744,"href":"https:\/\/sanfranciscotrains.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/617\/revisions\/744"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanfranciscotrains.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanfranciscotrains.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}No.<\/th> Type\/Model<\/th> Builder<\/th> Notes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> 5000<\/td> Steam
0-6-0T<\/td>Porter
c\/n 7460
Aug 1942<\/td>Sold, Hyman-Michaels (D), Los Angeles, CA
Sold, FC Occidental de Mexico #1, Culican, Sinaloa, Mexico<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>Fort Mason<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
No.<\/th> Type\/Model<\/th> Builder<\/th> Notes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> 7427<\/td> Diesel-electric
B-B
45 ton, off-center cab<\/td>GE
c\/n 13165
Oct 1941<\/td>Built for Quartermaster Corps – USA #4546
Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA #7427
USATC #7427 Fort Mason
To US Air Force #7427
Sold, Phillips Petroleum Corp #7427, Bartlesville OK
Texas Tank Car Works, San Angelo TX
Hollis and Eastern RR #7427 Hollis OK
Railroad Maint. & Const. Co Irving TX<\/td><\/tr>7428<\/td> Diesel-electric
B-B
45 ton, off-center cab<\/td>GE
c\/n 13166
Oct 1941<\/td>Built for Quartermaster Corps – USA #4547
Pacific Overseas Air Services, Alameda CA
Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA #7428
Port of Olympia #5, Olympia WA
Canadian Forest Products #95, later #300
Jefferson Lake Sulphur, Ft St John, BC Canada
West Coast Transmission Co, Taylor BC Canada<\/td><\/tr>7429<\/td> Diesel-electric
B-B
45 ton, off-center cab<\/td>GE
c\/n 13167
Nov 1941<\/td>Built for Quartermaster Corps – USA #4548
Pacific Overseas Air Services, Alameda CA
Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA #7429
Port of Olympia #4, Olympia WA
Conestoga Equipment Co (D)
Consolidated Rock products (Conrock)#1833, Irwindale CA<\/td><\/tr>7467<\/td> Diesel-electric
B-B
VO-1000<\/td>Baldwin
c\/n 67738
Jul 1943<\/td>Arnold Army Air Force Engineering Center, #7467, Tullahoma, TN
Holabird Depot #7467, Baltimore MD
Fort Mason #7467, San Francisco, CA
Oakland Army Base #7467, Oakland CA
Tennessee Valley Authority, TN
Tennessee Valley RR Museum, Chattanooga TN<\/td><\/tr>7654<\/td> B
20 ton<\/td>Whitcomb
c\/n 13179
Mar 1940<\/td>Built for Quartermaster Corps – USA #2022
Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA #7654
Alaska Railroad #60
Structural Metals Co, Seguin, TX<\/td><\/tr>7661<\/td> B
20 ton<\/td>Whitcomb
c\/n 13185
Sep 1940<\/td>Built for Quartermaster Corps – USA #2029
Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA #7661
Levert – St JohnPlantation #4, St Martinville, LA<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>Presidio of San Francisco<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
No.<\/th> Type\/Model<\/th> Builder<\/th> Notes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> V-1800<\/td> Diesel-electric
B-B
VO-1000<\/td>Baldwin
c\/n 71740
Apr 1945<\/td>US Army #V1800, Oakland CA
US Army #V1800, Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco CA
The Pacific Lumber Co. #104, Scotia, CA
Keota-Washington Transportation #104, Iowa Falls, IA<\/td><\/tr>7453<\/td> B-B<\/td> Baldwin
c\/n 64407
Jun 1942<\/td>Ft Wingate Ammunition Depot #7453, Ft Wingate NM
Oakland Army Base #7453, Oakland CA
Corps of Engineers #7453, Caven Point NJ
US Army #7453, Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco CA
Benicia Arsenal #7453, Benicia CA
M Lummis & Co (D) Richmond CA
Dulien Steel Product (D)
Solano Steel, Oroville CA
Associated Metals #7453<\/td><\/tr>7461<\/td> B-B<\/td> Baldwin
c\/n 64436
Nov 1942<\/td>Umatilla Ordnance Depot #7461, Hermiston OR
US Army #7461, Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco CA
Holabird Depot #7461, Baltimore MD
Patapsco & Black River #358, Baltimore MD, later #141<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>Hunter’s Point<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
No.<\/th> Type\/Model<\/th> Builder<\/th> Notes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> 6<\/td> Steam
0-4-0ST<\/td>Davenport
c\/n 1599
Jun 1917<\/td>Transfered from USN Mare Island Naval Shipyard #4.
For sale 1\/47 via War Assets Admin., Stockton General Depot, Calif.<\/td><\/tr>8<\/td> Diesel-electric
B-B
45 ton<\/td>GE
c\/n 12933
Nov 1940, #65-00404<\/td>Transferred from USN Bremerton Naval Yard #8.
Transferred to USN Torrance Naval Storage Depot, Torrance, Calif. #L-2; Assigned USN #65-00404 ca. 1949-50<\/td><\/tr>18<\/td> Diesel-electric
B-B
50 ton<\/td>GE
c\/n 15291
Jun 1942, #65-00420<\/td>
New, and present April 1960.<\/td><\/tr>19<\/td> Steam
2-6-2T
65 ton<\/td>Baldwin
c\/n 57013
Sep 1923<\/td>Purchased from Coos Bay Lumber Co. #19, Marsfield, Ore.; orig. Clear Lake Lbr. Co. #7. Transferred as surplus to Richmond, Calif. 10\/23\/47, later sent to Stockton, Calif. for dispositon.<\/td><\/tr> ?<\/td> Diesel-electric
B-B
50 ton<\/td>Porter
c\/n 7561
Jun 1943<\/td>New<\/td><\/tr> ?<\/td> Battery-electric
B
25 ton, steeple-cab<\/td>Atlas
c\/n 1280
Sep 1945<\/td>Complete history not known, as 4wh steeple cab battery loco, with batteries in end hoods. Built for US Navy Supply Depot #1, Ft Mifflin, Pa.; to US Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J. (here 8\/29); to US Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, Calif.; at Hunters Point at some period. For sale at a scrap yard in San Jose, Calif. 1962<\/td><\/tr> ?<\/td> Diesel-electric
B-B
80 ton<\/td>Whitcomb
c\/n 60637
Sep 1945<\/td>Built for Navy Supply Depot, Bayonne, N.J. Trans. to Naval Amm. Depot, Bremerton, Wash.; to Naval Ship Yard,, Hunters Point. after WWII; then USN #65-00421; to Naval Supply Depot, Oakland, Calif. 6\/72; sold 9\/73 Simon & Sons, Tacoma, Wash.<\/td><\/tr> 11<\/td> Diesel-electric
B-B
80 ton<\/td>Whitcomb
c\/n 60681
Nov 1945<\/td>Built for Naval Shipyard #11, Mare Island, Vallejo, Calif.; trans. to NSY #11, Hunters Point. Still here 10\/65. To General Services Admin. for disposition.<\/td><\/tr> 5377<\/td> Battery-Electric
B
E-9000(?)<\/td>U.S. Navy<\/td> X<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>