THE SACRAMENTO NORTHERN

Dan Lawrence introduced Dr. Stuart Sweidler of the East Bay Hills Project, which details the history of the railroad, particularly the Sacramento Northern, the Oakland Antioch and Oakland Bay Shore Railroads from the mid-to-late 19th Century to today. BART is a benefactor of some of the early right-of-ways, as are other transportation corridors throughout the East Bay.

Dr. Sweidler described the routes through the East Bay into San Francisco that many of the early (mostly electric) trains took. Remnants of the routes, stations, and tunnels still exist today and can be seen via the photographs and diagrams posted on his website: www.eastbayhillsproject.org.