San Francisco Belt Railroad

The line was extended through the a tunnel to serve Fort Mason during World War I, and was further lengthened to the Presidio Army Base in 1917.

[4] The Belt tracks were utilized for the 1987 San Francisco Historic Trolley Festival, with electric streetcars being operated along the line via hauled diesel generators.

Simultaneously, the newly permanent F Market historic streetcar line was extended north along the former Belt Railroad right of way to Fisherman's Wharf in 2000.

[9] In 1972, the Flying Scotsman concluded its American tour by shuttling back and forth on a stretch of track adjacent to the Embarcadero and near Fisherman's Wharf.

Owner Alan Pegler ran out of funds and the locomotive spent most of 1972 stored at an army base in Stockton, California.

In November of 1975, the American Freedom Train pulled by ex-Southern Pacific Daylight locomotive #4449 visited San Francisco.

Locomotive #4 is being restored by the San Francisco Trains group, with larger plans to change the old Bayshore Roundhouse, originally owned by Southern Pacific, to a historic community destination.

To reach its northern terminus in the Presidio, the line passed through Fort Mason Tunnel; 1937.
At the southern portion of the line, a track along King Street connected with the Southern Pacific
SF Belt #25 loading TOFC flats on ship, September 1985 photo by Drew Jacksich
The American Freedom Train locomotive on the line in 1975