West Oakland Yards
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The West Oakland Yards are a rail yard facility in West Oakland, Oakland, California, in the United States. Formerly a major facility for the Southern Pacific Railroad, the yards have been operated by Union Pacific Railroad since 1996.
Under SP, the yards were home to a variety of railroad facilities, including a signal shop[1] and a creosoting plant.[2]
SP was said to "dominate" West Oakland with its "massive switching and maintenance yards, roundhouses, car assembly and repair shops, creosoting plant, and shipyards".[3]
37°49′05″N 122°17′53″W / 37.818°N 122.298°W
References
- ^ "Diversified Signal Shop on Southern Pacific". The Signalman's Journal. 40 (11): 324–326. November 1959 – via Google Books.
- ^ Kelly, R. E. (January 1926). "S. P. Constructs New Creosoting Plant". Railway Review Monthly: 3–9 – via Google Books.
- ^ Self, Robert O. (2005-08-28). American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland. Princeton University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-691-12486-5.
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