Thursday, November 23, 2017

1948 San Francisco Industries Map



Pete Hall won a copy of the 1948 SP San Francisco Industry Map several months ago.  He was gracious to share reproductions of his win and I picked up my copy from him at the Chicagoland RPM in October.  Here is an image of a small portion of the map that contains ATSF’s China Basin:



You can contact Pete directly at petehall6369@gmail.com to purchase a copy for your personal use.  I highly recommend doing so if you model California in the transition era. 

I have also created an Excel version of the Index from the map.  Here’s a portion of that:
INDEX
INDUSTRY
RAILROAD
47
SP
48
SP
49
J. A. ROEBLING CO.
SP-ATSF
50
FAY IMPROVEMENT CO.
SP-ATSF
50A
BRAUN-KNECHT-HEIMANN CO.
SP-ATSF
51
LOWRIE PAVING CO. INC.
SP-ATSF
51
DUNHAM, CARRIGAN & HAYDEN
SP-ATSF
52
WALIN-DAVIT BOAT CORP.
SP
53
SP-ATSF
54
J. BREUNER CO.
SP-ATSF
54
METAL PRODUCTS FABRICATION CO.
SP-ATSF
54
GIBRALTAR WAREHOUSE
SP-ATSF
54
AMERICAN RED CROSS
SP-ATSF
54
BUTLER BROS.
SP-ATSF
54
SF. WAREHOUSE CO.
SP-ATSF
54
U.S. PLYWOOD
SP-ATSF
55
SP-ATSF

You can download a copy of the Excel version from Google Docs at:


This Thanksgiving I am grateful to Pete and all the others who freely share their knowledge and reference materials.  I hope this gives you something to be grateful for as well.

Happy Thanksgiving

John Barry
23 November 2017
North Bay Lines
Golden Gates and Fast Freights

Lovettsville, VA

4 comments:

  1. Thank you very much , eventhough I don't model this area I fully appreciate Pete's sharing and your time and effort John

    Jan van Gerwen , the Netherlands

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  2. Thank You for sharing the S.F. Industries Map

    Love That City
    Cheers Ros

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  3. Thanks for sharing the map and index and for the huge labor of copying the index into Excel. I wonder how many occasional customers aren't shown on the index. For example, I have books with pictures showing streetcars arriving on flatcars to the former Market St. Railway, later Municipal Railway Elkton Shops adjacent to today's Balboa Park BART station. There was a track connection to the original SP line into the city. The SP tracks directly adjoined the streetcar facility. That doesn't even consider customers who used freight houses and team tracks.
    Dan Tamsky, Yakima WA

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  4. Dan,

    Your comment about occasional users doesn't have a complete answer. Many of the regular team track customers are included in the index at the team track (there were several in the city) that they used. The index numbers with more than a couple of users are usually team track locations. I'm visiting my brother and am going from memory, but I believe the freight forwarders like Acme and National Car Loading are there as they were big customers of the RRs. The occasional users are another story. For instance, the Fire Department isn't listed but almost certainly received the majority of it's equipment via rail, including long ladder trucks that only fit in the one off PRR 70 foot XA. The city directory was fairly thick and listed orders of magnitude more entities.

    John Barry
    Ragalna Sicilia

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