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Outside Lands Podcast Episode 320: Ferries & Cliff House Railroad

Steam locomotives once puffed through the Richmond District.
Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast - Mar 30, 2019

Outside Lands Podcast Episode 320: Ferries & Cliff House Railroad Outside Lands Podcast Episode 320: Ferries & Cliff House Railroad

(above) Lands End, circa 1900

Ferries & Cliff House steam train, view northeast to Golden Gate and Fort Point. (Also called the Cliff Line train. It was converted to electric streetcar operations in 1905.)

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