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The '''Oakland, San Leandro and Hayward Electric Railway''' (OSL&H) was an electric ] in the ] of ]. It connected ] to ] along the ]. Tracks were laid with a ] using 35-pound rails, with operations beginning in May 1892.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ready for Business |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oakland-times-ready-for-business/160936747/ |access-date=15 December 2024 |newspaper=The Oakland Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=April 30, 1892 |location=Oakland, California |page=1}} {{free access}}</ref><ref name=Owings>{{cite web |last1=Owings |first1=Marcess |title=History of the Electric Railway |publisher=Hayward Area Historical Society |url=https://www.haywardareahistory.org/history-of-the-electric-railway |access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref> Transfers were made available to the Highland Park and Fruit Vale Railroad Company's cars, and to the cars of the Central Avenue streetcar line.<ref name=Peerless /> Oakland's terminus was extended to First and Washington the following March.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Welcome Change |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-oakland-san-leandro-an/136878032/ |access-date=16 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |date=March 29, 1893 |location=Oakland, California |page=2}} {{free access}}</ref> A new company was established to build the 23rd Avenue branch, which would be absorbed into the OSL&H in 1894.<ref>{{cite news |title=Monday's Legal Grist |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oakland-times-mondays-legal-grist/160990045/ |access-date=16 December 2024 |newspaper=The Oakland Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 15, 1894 |location=Oakland, California |page=5}} {{free access}}</ref> By 1907, the line had been converted to ] except for one mile of tracks leading into downtown Hayward,<ref>{{cite news |title=Hayward Grants New Franchise |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-enquirer-hayward-grants-new-fran/160954560/ |access-date=15 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Enquirer |via=Newspapers.com |date=December 5, 1907 |location=Oakland, California |page=6}} {{free access}}</ref> which was similarly converted the following year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hayward Traction Broad Gauged |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/alameda-daily-star-hayward-traction-broa/160954416/ |access-date=15 December 2024 |newspaper=Alameda Daily Star |via=Newspapers.com |date=August 15, 1908 |location=Alameda, California |page=4}} {{free access}}</ref> The company passed into the hands of ] in 1901.<ref>{{cite news |title=Haywards Line Sold to Transit Company |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-oslh-sold-to-oakland-tr/136933064/ |access-date=16 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |date=July 31, 1901 |location=Oakland, California |page=1}} {{free access}}</ref> Service in Hayward ended on March 10, 1935, though tracks were retained in Oakland as far as 105th Avenue for local ] streetcars.<ref name=Owings /> The '''Oakland, San Leandro and Hayward Electric Railway''' (OSL&H) was an electric ] in the ] of ]. It connected ] to ] along the ]. Tracks were laid with a ] using 35-pound rails, with operations beginning in May 1892.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ready for Business |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oakland-times-ready-for-business/160936747/ |access-date=15 December 2024 |newspaper=The Oakland Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=April 30, 1892 |location=Oakland, California |page=1}} {{free access}}</ref><ref name=Owings>{{cite web |last1=Owings |first1=Marcess |title=History of the Electric Railway |publisher=Hayward Area Historical Society |url=https://www.haywardareahistory.org/history-of-the-electric-railway |access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref> Transfers were made available to the Highland Park and Fruit Vale Railroad Company's cars, and to the cars of the Central Avenue streetcar line.<ref name=Peerless /> Oakland's terminus was extended to First and Washington the following March.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Welcome Change |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-oakland-san-leandro-an/136878032/ |access-date=16 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |date=March 29, 1893 |location=Oakland, California |page=2}} {{free access}}</ref> A new company was established to build the 23rd Avenue branch, which would be absorbed into the OSL&H in 1894.<ref>{{cite news |title=Monday's Legal Grist |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oakland-times-mondays-legal-grist/160990045/ |access-date=16 December 2024 |newspaper=The Oakland Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 15, 1894 |location=Oakland, California |page=5}} {{free access}}</ref> By 1907, the line had been converted to ] except for one mile of tracks leading into downtown Hayward,<ref>{{cite news |title=Hayward Grants New Franchise |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-enquirer-hayward-grants-new-fran/160954560/ |access-date=15 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Enquirer |via=Newspapers.com |date=December 5, 1907 |location=Oakland, California |page=6}} {{free access}}</ref> which was similarly converted the following year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hayward Traction Broad Gauged |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/alameda-daily-star-hayward-traction-broa/160954416/ |access-date=15 December 2024 |newspaper=Alameda Daily Star |via=Newspapers.com |date=August 15, 1908 |location=Alameda, California |page=4}} {{free access}}</ref>

Starting in 1896, the railway inaugurated the country's first ] freight service. The company stationed horse-drawn wagons in ] which gathered up parcels during the day, rode those to a depot, loaded those into heavier and larger wagons, and then sent on ]. In Oakland, the wagons were driven two blocks and loaded into a waiting express train of ]s specially designed for the transportation of loaded wagons. Upon arrival at the destination towns, the wagons were lowered from the cars and unloaded normally. A special electric locomotive was built at the company's shops in Elmhurst to pull the train of loaded cars. The car was designed to be capable of pulling a 30-ton load over a 5% grade, though was given the outward appearance similar to the passenger cars on the line, in this way inviting less criticism by reason of the train passing through the principal business streets.<ref>{{Source-attribution| {{cite magazine |last1=Stone |first1=A. L. |title=Electric Railway Express |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Street_Railway_Review/uSZHAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA55 |access-date=16 December 2024 |magazine=] |volume=6 |number=1 |via=Google Books |date=January 15, 1896 |pages=55–56}} }}</ref><ref name=Owings />

The company passed into the hands of ] in 1901.<ref>{{cite news |title=Haywards Line Sold to Transit Company |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-oslh-sold-to-oakland-tr/136933064/ |access-date=16 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |date=July 31, 1901 |location=Oakland, California |page=1}} {{free access}}</ref> Service in Hayward ended on March 10, 1935, though tracks were retained in Oakland as far as 105th Avenue for local ] streetcars.<ref name=Owings />


==Route== ==Route==
The Oakland, San Leandro and Hayward Electric line began at First and Washington Streets in Oakland. At Washington and Thirteenth streets it ran eastward beyond the city limit, and along the county road through Pittsville, Melrose, Fitchburg, Elmhurst, San Leandro, to Hayward. At San Lorenzo Junction a branch road terminated at San Lorenzo Grove. Another branch passed up Twenty-third avenue.<ref name=Peerless>{{Source-attribution|{{cite news |title=Peerless! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-peerless/160937033/ |access-date=15 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |date=February 17, 1894 |location=Oakland, California |page=5}} {{free access}} }}</ref> The Oakland, San Leandro and Hayward Electric line began at First and Washington Streets in Oakland. At Washington and Thirteenth streets it ran eastward beyond the city limit, and along the county road through Pittsville, ], ], ], ], to Hayward. At San Lorenzo Junction a branch road terminated at San Lorenzo Grove. Another branch passed up Twenty-third avenue.<ref name=Peerless>{{Source-attribution|{{cite news |title=Peerless! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-peerless/160937033/ |access-date=15 December 2024 |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |date=February 17, 1894 |location=Oakland, California |page=5}} {{free access}} }}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==
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==References== ==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite magazine |title=Handling Interurban Fares |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Electric_Railway_Review/ukE_AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA528 |access-date=16 December 2024 |magazine=] |volume=5 |number=9 |via=Google Books |date=September 15, 1895 |pages=528–529}}


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A streetcar running on Castro Street in Hayward, postcard postmarked 1906

The Oakland, San Leandro and Hayward Electric Railway (OSL&H) was an electric street railroad in the East Bay of California. It connected Hayward to Oakland along the 14th Street and Mission Boulevard. Tracks were laid with a narrow gauge using 35-pound rails, with operations beginning in May 1892. Transfers were made available to the Highland Park and Fruit Vale Railroad Company's cars, and to the cars of the Central Avenue streetcar line. Oakland's terminus was extended to First and Washington the following March. A new company was established to build the 23rd Avenue branch, which would be absorbed into the OSL&H in 1894. By 1907, the line had been converted to standard gauge except for one mile of tracks leading into downtown Hayward, which was similarly converted the following year.

Starting in 1896, the railway inaugurated the country's first piggybacking freight service. The company stationed horse-drawn wagons in San Francisco which gathered up parcels during the day, rode those to a depot, loaded those into heavier and larger wagons, and then sent on ferry running to Oakland. In Oakland, the wagons were driven two blocks and loaded into a waiting express train of flat cars specially designed for the transportation of loaded wagons. Upon arrival at the destination towns, the wagons were lowered from the cars and unloaded normally. A special electric locomotive was built at the company's shops in Elmhurst to pull the train of loaded cars. The car was designed to be capable of pulling a 30-ton load over a 5% grade, though was given the outward appearance similar to the passenger cars on the line, in this way inviting less criticism by reason of the train passing through the principal business streets.

The company passed into the hands of Oakland Transit Company in 1901. Service in Hayward ended on March 10, 1935, though tracks were retained in Oakland as far as 105th Avenue for local Key System streetcars.

Route

The Oakland, San Leandro and Hayward Electric line began at First and Washington Streets in Oakland. At Washington and Thirteenth streets it ran eastward beyond the city limit, and along the county road through Pittsville, Melrose, Fitchburg, Elmhurst, San Leandro, to Hayward. At San Lorenzo Junction a branch road terminated at San Lorenzo Grove. Another branch passed up Twenty-third avenue.

See also

References

  1. "Ready for Business". The Oakland Times. Oakland, California. April 30, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved December 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  2. ^ Owings, Marcess. "History of the Electric Railway". Hayward Area Historical Society. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  3. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Peerless!". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. February 17, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved December 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  4. "A Welcome Change". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. March 29, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  5. "Monday's Legal Grist". The Oakland Times. Oakland, California. May 15, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  6. "Hayward Grants New Franchise". Oakland Enquirer. Oakland, California. December 5, 1907. p. 6. Retrieved December 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  7. "Hayward Traction Broad Gauged". Alameda Daily Star. Alameda, California. August 15, 1908. p. 4. Retrieved December 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  8. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Stone, A. L. (January 15, 1896). "Electric Railway Express". Street Railway Review. Vol. 6, no. 1. pp. 55–56. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Google Books.
  9. "Haywards Line Sold to Transit Company". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. July 31, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon

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