East Bay photos from Fred Matthews

Santa Fe Hudson
Santa Fe 4-6-4 3450 with First 60, perhaps a troop train, works hard past Herpoco in summer 1947. The regularly scheduled Golden Gate to Bakersfield was running as Second 60 this day. Fred Matthews photo

Steeple-cab in the street
In Oakland, SN motor 442 turns off of 40th Street and onto Shafter Avenue with Oakland Terminal freight to be interchanged just ahead at the SN’s yard. Fred Matthews photo

Sacramento Northern freight in the Oakland Hills
SN Extra 660 East grinds up the 4.1 percent between Rockridge and Temescal with a freight out of Oakland in August 1956. Fred Matthews photo

Feather River Express on Altamont Pass
WP Ten-Wheeler 78 climbs Altamont Pass with train 2 on Aug. 16, 1947. The old 4-6-0 was built in 1908 as original equipment for the WP. Fred Matthews photo

WP local at Oakland
Western Pacific train 2, the grandly named (for a local) Feather River Express to Salt Lake City, awaits departure from Oakland Pier on Dec. 31, 1949. Fred Matthews photo

Little train, big bridge
An SD9 wheels the three heavyweight cars of train 223, the Sacramento–Oakland Senator, across SP’s colossal Suisun Bay Bridge in 1960. Fred Matthews photo

Beaver at 16th Street
Black GS-6 4-8-4 4463 is in charge of First 14, the coach-and-tourist section of SP’s Portland-bound Beaver, at 16th Street Station, Oakland, on July 5, 1949. This is the last run of the Beaver, which tomorrow will be replaced by the streamlined Shasta Daylight. Fred Matthews photo

Cascadian at 16th Street
Brand-new Alco PAs lead SP’s Cascadian – still all-Pullman at the time of this summer 1949 photo – out of 16th Street Station, Oakland. Fred Matthews photo

Alco PA on a Sacramento local
Alco PA 6010 departs Oakland Pier with train 244, a Sunday-only local to Sacramento, at 4 p.m. Feb. 3, 1952. Behind the diesel are a deadheading heavyweight Pullman, deadheading streamlined observation car, and 244’s usual 5-car consist. Fred Matthews photo

Inside the Oakland Mole
At 4:35 p.m. Feb. 3, 1952, in the Oakland Pier (or Mole) trainshed, the City of San Francisco awaits departure time on track 9 while train 248, the El Dorado for Sacramento, stands on track 7 with a heavyweight observation car added to the rear for an official party. Fred Matthews photo

Football special at First and Broadway, Oakland
Drawn by a single, heavy 4-6-0, a college football special of about 15 Harriman Standard cars arrives at SP’s First and Broadway station in Oakland, November 1947. Fred Matthews photo

Northbound Oakland Lark
Southern Pacific train 73, the northbound Oakland Lark, approaches East Oakland station about 9 a.m. June 27, 1950. The train made a connection with the main Lark at San Jose. Fred Matthews photo