The East Bay Electric Lines is a unit of the Southern Pacific Railroad that operates an interurban type cart in the East Bay area of ​​the San Francisco Bay Area. Beginning in 1862, SP and its predecessors operated a local steam-ferry passenger ferry service in the East Bay on a wider connection system, but in 1902 the Key System initiated a system of electric and ferry line competition. SP then developed a plan to expand and improve its track system and this new service began in 1911. The trains serve the cities of Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, Oakland, Alameda, and San Leandro transport commuters to and from the big Oakland Pier. ("Mole") and SP Alameda Dock. A fleet of ferries ran between this pier and the Ferry Building pier at the San Francisco Embarcadero.
The East Bay Electric Lines became the Intercity Electric Railway ( IER ) in December 1938 to anticipate the completion of the next month of the track on the lower deck of San Francisco -Oakland Bay Bridge to San Francisco Transbay Terminal. The SP IER transbay commuter train service ended in July 1941.
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The East Bay Electrical Line was originally designated primarily by the name of their main street. They receive numbers for Bay Bridge services. The most significant changes occurred as a result of the removal of the Harrison St. Bridge. between Oakland and Alameda in December 1923, and an agreement with the Key System in March 1933, with Bay Bridge's plan in view, to leave the line of duplication, on which basis the company first served each area.
Oakland 7th Street Line carries the most passengers, with Berkeley Shattuck Avenue Line second. The maximum patronage was around 1920 and has fallen by about half during the Bay Bridge operation.
The electric power at 1200 volts DC is supplied by the SP power plant on the east side of the Tidal Canal along Fruitvale Ave. Substations are located in Thousand Oaks, West Oakland and power stations. Trains and trams use pantographs to get electrical power from the upper catenary cable. The equipment is maintained at Alameda Shop, located in West Alameda, in Oakland Estuary. During routine maintenance bridge operations conducted at a shop on Yar Bridge.
Large steel cars, 73 × ft long, quite heavy overall but low weight per passenger due to their large capacity of 3-2 seats, giving a maximum of 116 passengers. At first they were painted with ordinary olive green paint, but soon painted a bright red and known as "red cart" or "big red car". The first group of cars arrived in 1911 from the American Car and Foundry Company (ACF) and consisted of 40 passenger-powered trainers (motorcycles), 25 combined luggage-combo cars, and 50 non-powered trailers, some with controls train and some without. They have large rectangular windows, which proved to be a liability for the train crew in the event of an accident. These windows are replaced by smaller, distinctive rounded windows, or "owls", similar to but larger than the Pennsylvania Railroad MP54 car, in all cars except trailers without train control, which can not be used at the ends train. The second car group arrived in 1912 from the Pullman Company and consisted of 10 motors, 4 combos, and 2 express-powered luggage cars (box motor), all with round windows. The third group of cars arrived in 1924 from Car Company St. Louis and consists of 6 motors with round windows, bringing the total number of cars for the ferry-train service to 147.
The usual operating practice is that the number of powered cars on trains is at least one more than the number of trailers. Trailers, with or without train control, always placed in the center of the train; Train controls on trailers are mainly used in assembling or dismantling trains. Due to the decreasing number of passengers and trains becoming shorter, trailers are only used during peak hours. Combos are used to carry checked baggage to and from the main line train at Oakland Pier and to send a round newspaper. They are usually placed at the end of the train to Oakland Pier, and most often on Line 7th as far as Havenscourt or Seminary Avenue. When plans for longer routes were not implemented, 21 of the ACF combos were turned into motors by the time they received a round window in the 1920s. Due to the heavy value at the Bay Bridge, 10 trailers were converted into motorcycles in 1938 when all passenger cars were modified with automatic train controls and other safety equipment for bridge operations. The California Toll Bridge Authority (TBA) funded this change and received the title to 58 cars instead. All cars carry the name "South Pacific Line" until Bay Bridge service begins, when IER's car is repainted with "Interurban Electric Railway Company".
In addition to the large cars already described, SP takes delivery of 1912 from 20 trams from Pullman Company to Oakland-Alameda tram line. In 1913, it was discovered that they had too many of these cars so they sent 10 units to Pacific Electric (PE). By 1919 patronage had grown so SP pulled two cars out of PE.
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The rival Key System takes the rights to some overhead trajectories and cables from the abandoned IER/SP route. This was the first time it happened because of the consolidation of 1933. In March, 1933, the St California line left at Berkeley from around Ada and California Sts, up Monterey Avenue to Colusa Ave, used to Line Sacramento St (H line) Key until abandoned on month July 1941. In April 1941, a portion of the abandoned St 7th Street, Dutton Ave Line in East Oakland, from East 14th St to Havenscourt Boulevard, was used to extend the 12 St Line Key (A Line) through October 1950, when this line was cut back to 12 and Oak Sts. In August 1941, a portion of the Shattuck Ave line at Berkeley, from around Dwight Way to the southern tip of the Northbrae Tunnel was used to extend the Key's Shattuck Ave Line (Line F). In December, 1942, Line F extended through the tunnel to the junction of Solano Ave and The Alameda. Line F was abandoned in April 1958.
The Streetcars system also used the IER Shattuck Avenue line from Parker St to University Ave until abandoned in November 1948. During World War II Key Systems used part of the 7th St line, Dutton Ave Line in Oakland on 7th St., from Broadway to Pine St., to tram service to the shipyard and most of St 9 lane from St Line 9 to Richmond Railway Shipyard.
The SP shipping service continues in parts of St 9, Shattuck Ave, 7th St and Lincoln Ave Lines. A tourist train drawn by a steam locomotive was operated above this line in April 1954, by the Bay Area Electric Railway Association. By 1960, all but part of St Line 9 had been abandoned.
The most visible residual structure of the SP/IER line is the Northbrae Tunnel, now used to extend Solano Ave to the east, turn south to connect with Sutter St., and Alameda store buildings, now used by private businesses.
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After the streetcar SP line was abandoned in 1926, all 12 cars were sold to the Key System.
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