{"id":96,"date":"2022-04-14T18:34:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T18:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.sanfranciscotrains.org\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2023-05-01T01:14:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T01:14:43","slug":"statebelt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sanfranciscotrains.com\/index.php\/statebelt\/","title":{"rendered":"The State Belt Railroad of California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Also known as the (Board of State Harbor Commissioners’) Belt Line Railroad, and as the San Francisco Belt after direct state control ceased in 1969, the State Belt served San Francisco’s waterfront from 1889 to 1993. At the railroad’s height, its tracks extended along the entire Embarcadero and to the Presidio, but the final years would see the railroad (along with nearly all port activity in the City) recede to Piers 80 and 96. After remaining idle for most of the Nineties, this remnant found new life serving various local industries under LB Railco and today operates as the San Francisco Bay Railroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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History<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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statebelt.org<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bill Kaufmann’s State Belt pages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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San Francisco’s Belt railroad | Museum of the City of San Francisco<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Contains an article on the Belt, originally published in May 22, 1935’s San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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STATE BELT RAILROAD | Robert Morris Photography<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Robert Morris’ collection of State Belt photos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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“The Still-Lamented State Belt Railroad | Railfan.net<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Railfan.net forum thread showing a picture of State Belt #7 by the roundhouse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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State Belt Railroad | Wx4.org<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Photos of ALCO #25 switching the Freedom Train and the roundhouse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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UNITED STATES v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA (1936) | FindLaw.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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U.S. Supreme Court ruling about the SBRR regarding the “hauling over the road a car equipped with defective coupling apparatus.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Belt Railroad Engine House and Sandhouse | NoeHill in San Francisco<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Landmark 86000207 – Beltline Railroad Roundhouse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Close-up of a Warehouse at Fort Mason | City Birds<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Exactly what it says on the tin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fort Mason, San Francisco, California | quovadimus.org<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Several closeup shots of the track detail at Fort Mason, as well as a photo of the tunnel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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ALCOS | Central California Rails<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Photos of #49 and #25.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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State Belt Remnants | Dansrailpix<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Recent photographs of still-extant (though abandoned) trackage by Dan Furtado.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Posts at San Francisco’s Point San Jose | California State Military Museum<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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History of Fort Mason.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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State Harbor Belt Railroad | PacificNG.org<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Information about the State Belt’s dual-gauge trackage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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San Francisco Belt Railroad – Night Operations<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2010 photos of the San Francisco Bay Railroad at night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Also known as the (Board of State Harbor Commissioners’) Belt Line Railroad, and as the San Francisco Belt after direct state control ceased in 1969, the State Belt served San Francisco’s waterfront from 1889 to 1993. At the railroad’s height, its tracks extended along the entire Embarcadero and to the Presidio, but the final years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanfranciscotrains.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96","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=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sanfranciscotrains.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":998,"href":"https:\/\/sanfranciscotrains.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions\/998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanfranciscotrains.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}