M I L - San Francisco Trains

MILITARY RAILROAD OPERATIONS in SAN FRANCISCO

A number of military bases in San Francisco hosted rail operations in years past. Most also rostered their own motive power ranging from small industrial steam locomotives, small diesel electrics and even to a few with large eight-wheel switch engines. Bases with motive power included:

Crissy Army Air Field
Fort Mason
Presidio of San Francisco
US Navy Drydock Railroad, Hunters Point

The State Belt Railroad also supporting the military operations with specdial movements, switching services, and the connection to the Class 1s. Roster information where known is noted below along with select photographs.

Crissy Army Air Field

Former air strip located next to the bay in the Presidio of San Francisco. A few hanger building remain is all.

No.	Whyte	Description	Notes
5000	0-6-0T	Porter, cn7460, Built 8/1942	Sold, Hyman-Michaels (D), Los Angeles, CA Sold, FC Occidental de Mexico #1, Culican, Sinaloa, Mexico

Roster research by Bob Lehmuth

Fort Mason

Major dock and warehouse operation. Many of the wharf spurs remain today in the pavement.

No.	Whyte	Description	Notes
USA 7427	B-B	GE, cn13165, Built 10/1941, 45 ton, Off center cab	Built for Quartermaster Corps - USA #4546 Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA #7427 USATC #7427 Fort Mason To US Air Force #7427 Sold, Phillips Petroleum Corp #7427, Bartlesville OK Texas Tank Car Works, San Angelo TX Hollis and Eastern RR #7427 Hollis OK Railroad Maint. & Const. Co Irving TX
USA 7428	B-B	GE, cn13166, Built 10/1941, 45 ton, Off center cab	Built for Quartermaster Corps - USA #4547 Pacific Overseas Air Services, Alameda CA Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA #7428 Port of Olympia #5, Olympia WA Canadian Forest Products #95, later #300 Jefferson Lake Sulphur, Ft St John, BC Canada West Coast Transmission Co, Taylor BC Canada
USA 7429	B-B	GE, cn13167, Built 11/1941, 45 ton, Off center cab	Built for Quartermaster Corps - USA #4548 Pacific Overseas Air Services, Alameda CA Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA #7429 Port of Olympia #4, Olympia WA Conestoga Equipment Co (D) Consolidated Rock products (Conrock)#1833, Irwindale CA
USA 7467	B-B	Baldwin, cn67738, Built 7/1943, VO1000	Arnold Army Air Force Engineering Center, #7467, Tullahoma, TN Holabird Depot #7467, Baltimore MD Fort Mason #7467, San Francisco, CA Oakland Army Base #7467, Oakland CA Tennessee Valley Authority, TN Tennessee Valley RR Museum, Chattanooga TN
USA 7654	B	Whitcomb, cn13179, Built 3/1940, 20 ton	Built for Quartermaster Corps - USA #2022 Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA #7654 Alaska Railroad #60 Structural Metals Co, Seguin, TX
USA 7661	B	Whitcomb, cn13185, Built 9/1940, 20 ton	Built for Quartermaster Corps - USA #2029 Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA #7661 Levert - St JohnPlantation #4, St Martinville, LA

Roster research by Bob Lehmuth, Allen Copeland, John Goldie

Presidio of San Francisco

Large base with several warehouses connected to spur lines from the State Belt.

No.	Whyte	Description	Notes
V-1800	B-B	Baldwin, cn71740, Built 4/1945 VO1000	US Army #V1800, Oakland CA US Army #V1800, Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco CA The Pacific Lumber Co. #104, Scotia, CA Keota-Washington Transportation #104, Iowa Falls, IA
7453	B-B	Baldwin, cn64407, Built 6/1942	Ft Wingate Ammunition Depot #7453, Ft Wingate NM Oakland Army Base #7453, Oakland CA Corps of Engineers #7453, Caven Point NJ US Army #7453, Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco CA Benicia Arsenal #7453, Benicia CA M Lummis & Co (D) Richmond CA Dulien Steel Product (D) Solano Steel, Oroville CA Associated Metals #7453
7461	B-B	Baldwin, cn64436, Built 11/1942	Umatilla Ordnance Depot #7461, Hermiston OR US Army #7461, Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco CA Holabird Depot #7461, Baltimore MD Patapsco & Black River #358, Baltimore MD, later #141

Roster research by Bob Lehmuth

US Navy Drydock Railroad

Hunters Point, San Francisco, CA

Small switching railroad that was standard gauge and steam and diesel powered. Operated about five miles of track and connected with the Southern Pacific Railroad. Organized in 1940.

No.	Whyte	Description	Notes
6	0-4-0ST	Davenport, cn1599, Built 6/1917	Transfered from USN Mare Island Naval Shipyard #4. For sale 1/47 via War Assets Admin., Stockton General Depot, Calif.
8	B-B	GE, D/E, 45 ton, cn12933, Built 11/1940, #65-00404	Transferred from USN Bremerton Naval Yard #8. Transferred to USN Torrance Naval Storage Depot, Torrance, Calif. #L-2; Assigned USN #65-00404 ca. 1949-50
18	B-B	GE, D/E, 50 ton, cn15291, Built 6/1942, #65-00420	New, and present April 1960.
19	2-6-2T	Baldwin, 65 ton, cn57013, Built 9/1923	Purchased from Coos Bay Lumber Co. #19, Marsfield, Ore.; orig. Clear Lake Lbr. Co. #7. Transferred as surplus to Richmond, Calif. 10/23/47, later sent to Stockton, Calif. for dispositon.
?	B-B	Porter, D/E, 50 ton, cn7561, Built 6/1943	New
?	B	Atlas, B/E, 25 ton, cn1280, Built 9/1945	Complete history not known, as 4wh steeple cab battery loco, with batteries in end hoods. Built for US Navy Supply Depot #1, Ft Mifflin, Pa.; to US Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J. (here 8/29); to US Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, Calif.; at Hunters Point at some period. For sale at a scrap yard in San Jose, Calif. 1962
?	B-B	Whitcomb, D/E, 80 ton, cn60637, Built 9/1945	Built for Navy Supply Depot, Bayonne, N.J. Trans. to Naval Amm. Depot, Bremerton, Wash.; to Naval Ship Yard,, Hunters Point. after WWII; then USN #65-00421; to Naval Supply Depot, Oakland, Calif. 6/72; sold 9/73 Simon & Sons, Tacoma, Wash.
11	B-B	Whitcomb, D/E, 80 ton, cn60681, Built 11/1945	Built for Naval Shipyard #11, Mare Island, Vallejo, Calif.; trans. to NSY #11, Hunters Point. Still here 10/65. To General Services Admin. for disposition.
5377	B	Battery Locomotive, USN E-9000	X

US NAVY Roster research by Allen Copeland

US MILITARY OPERATIONS on the State Belt

Troops being loaded onto a Pullman hospital car at Crissy Field (probably 1945)