KEY SYSTEM GALLERY Trans-Bay & City Streetcar Lines: Oakland, Berkeley, NEW BOOK

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Key System Gallery
by James H. Harrison
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A photographic visit to the
Trans-Bay
and
City Streetcar Lines
of the
Key System
and its Affiliated Street Railways in
Oakland, Berkeley
and
East Bay
cities, 1902-1958.
Dreams don't always come true. The promoters of the rail lines which became the Key System had their sights set on San Jose and Sacramento -- as a high-speed electric competitor to the Southern Pacific. However, a lack of money and the business cycle (and perhaps even the great San Francisco Earthquake) thwarted Key's plans.
The Key instead re-focused itself as a suburban commuter railroad, aggressively pushing its competitive technology advantage in the East Bay, with suburban electric lines fanning out from the new pier and ferry terminal to serve communities in Oakland, Berkeley and developing satellite communities.
During its construction, the Key System overlaid an existing network of street railway lines, most of which were swept up into the holding company's corporate structure. In reality there was one holding company and one home shop, but streetcars and transbay trains historically stayed out of each other’s way.
After 1946-1948, both streetcars and suburban trains were painted the same and lettered for Key System Transit Lines. Key’s new suburban cars operated on their own (new) tracks, physically and electrically separate from the streetcar services.
In this book, the author examines both the street railway and suburban lines as if they were one company.
Contents:
Ch. 1: Introduction, pp. 3-9;
Ch. 2: Interurban and Transbay Trains pp. 10-45;
Ch. 3: Streetcars pp. 46-75;
Ch. 4: Facilities pp. 76-81;
Ch. 5: Freight and Maintenance Equipment pp. 82-87;
Ch. 6: A Key System Bus Sampler, pp. 88-96.
Includes Rosters, maps.
Softbound, 8.5x11, 96 pages, 200 b&w photographs, rosters, maps.
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