Interesting Links Relating to the State Belt Railroad
- Bill Kaufman's State Belt Pages - http://statebelt.org/
- A page about the State Belt Railroad - http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist8/beltrr.html
- State Belt Photography - http://www.snowcrest.net/photobob/statebelt.html
- A Wikipedia entry about the San Francisco Belt RR - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Belt_Railroad
- Photo of #7 at the roundhouse. - http://forums.railfan.net
- Photos of ALCO #25 switching the Freedom Train and the roundhouse (Courtesy wx4.org) - http://wx4.org/to/foam/shortlines/state/belt.html
- The U.S. Army's San Francisco Port of Embarkation in San Francisco - http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wwIIbayarea/embarkation.htm
- A really informative page on the State Belt RR roundhouse - http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wwIIbayarea/bel.htm
- U.S. Supreme Court ruling about the SBRR regarding the "hauling over the road a car equipped with defective coupling apparatus." - http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=us/297/175.html -
- Landmark 86000207 - Beltline Railroad Roundhouse - http://www.noehill.com/sf/landmarks/nat1986000207.asp
- Tracks at Fort Mason warehouse - http://www.citybirds.com/DigitalPhotos09/FtMasonWarehouses02.html
- Closeup of rail frog, Fort Mason - http://www.quovadimus.org/sf/fortmason/docks/34-700.html
- Closeup of rails, Fort Mason - http://www.quovadimus.org/sf/fortmason/docks/33-400.html
- Fort Mason Tunnel - http://www.quovadimus.org/sf/fortmason/docks/35-400.html
- Railpictures.net (search for keywords SAN FRANCISCO BELT) - http://www.railpictures.net
- Central California Rails: Alcos 25 & 49 photo - http://cencalrails.railfan.net/alcos.html
- Recent photographs of existing trackage by Dan Furtado - http://www.trainweb.org/dansrailpix/statebelt01.htm
- Fort Mason History - http://www.militarymuseum.org/Pt%20San%20Jose.html
- San Francisco Bay Railroad (Today's State Belt RR) - http://www.sfbayrail.com/
- San Francisco Belt - Narrow Gauge Operations - http://www.pacificng.com/template.php?page=roads/ca/statebelt/index.htm
- San Francisco Bay Railroad - Night Photos - http://www.alangrinberg.com/SFBeltRailroad/large-1.html
Links to State Belt #4 operators and Vulcan Locomotives
- Vulcan Iron Works - http://sanfranciscotrains.org/vulcan-iron-works.html
- Modesto Empire Traction Company - http://www.metrr.com/sections/history
Links to other railroads and transit in San Francisco
- Market Street Railway - http://www.streetcar.org/
- Port 70 Resources - http://www.pier70sf.org/links_resources/links_resources.html -
- Port of San Francisco History - http://www.sfport.com/index.aspx?page=135
- Film of Ferries and Cliff House Railroad shot from moving train. - http://www.sfmuseum.org/loc/ggview.html -
- Cable Car Chronology - http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/cct2.html
- Steam motive power in SF - http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccsfwhensteam1.html
Link to the proposed F-Line/E-Line extension that would use the former State Belt RR tunnel at Fort Mason
- Proposal to extend F-Line streetcar to Fort Mason by using State Belt RR right of way - http://www.streetcar.org/streetcar_extension_questions_answered/
- Chronicle Article May 4, 2006 - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/04/BABADIGEST4.DTL&hw=streetcar&sn=001&sc=1000
Other Links on Regional Railroading
- A local group is restoring an Ocean Shore passenger car. - http://pacificahistory.org/projects/osrr-car-1409/
- San Francisco Preservation Society - http://www.sfpsociety.org
- Millbrae Train Museum - http://www.millbraehs.org/millbrae-train-museum.html
- Pullman Shops in Richmond - http://www.pullmanshops.com/
- Golden Gate Railroad Museum - http://www.ggrm.org/
In general interest
- The Ultimate Steam Page http://www.trainweb.org/tusp/index.html
- Islais Creek - http://www.islaiscreek.org/
- NWP photos and description - http://www.sunnyfortuna.com/railroad/index.htm