National Train Day — May 7, 2011
You thought I could pass up this National day of importance? Trains were a big part of my childhood because they were a big part of my father’s childhood and carried him all the way into his old age. He built an electric railroad under our home in the Oakland hills. Not in the rumpus […]
Key System Streetcars
Vernon J. Sappers, born in 1917, was a prolific collector of all things relating to the Key System, the beloved San Francisco Bay Area mode of transportation of long ago. His collection contained not only amazing pictures, but names and dates from streetcar drivers to the political movers and shakers, including bankers and real estate […]