Love this. San Franciscan here. My dad and mom bought a house in Fremont in 1974 and moved from San Francisco. Cousins and I grew up in Fremont when it was country and small, good times and memories. I would cut school and take Bart into the city when I was a teenager.
Also Board Center meant that people should board in the center of the platform. BART station platforms were designed to fit at most 10 car trains, but at the time most trains were way smaller. If trains stopped in the center, people wouldn’t need to run from both ends of the platform and hope the operator could still see them hurrying from the ends haha George, Gracie and the Daktronics signs wouldn’t appear until the mid 2000s.
Very neat upload, thanks for sharing! 0:19-0:38: West Entrance of Fremont Station 0:29-0:54 George M. Silliman 0:55-1:40: Looking towards what later became the East Entrance of Fremont station. 3 Car train (one of two three car trains that day) on platform 2. It departs with a view towards the end of the original parking lot (Expanded later). 1:40-1:50: Inside another train at Fremont, Platform 2. 1:51-2:14: Looking into the cab, departing Fremont. That orchard has long been turned into houses. 2:15-2:29: Looking into the cab again, with a view of the Western Pacific mainline on the right. 2:39-3:34: Two trains at 19th St Station. 3:35: Looks like Hayward station
Love this. San Franciscan here. My dad and mom bought a house in Fremont in 1974 and moved from San Francisco. Cousins and I grew up in Fremont when it was country and small, good times and memories. I would cut school and take Bart into the city when I was a teenager.
Notice how the horn button was its own long bar. Now, it’s more of a square and is mixed in with the other controls.
Also Board Center meant that people should board in the center of the platform. BART station platforms were designed to fit at most 10 car trains, but at the time most trains were way smaller. If trains stopped in the center, people wouldn’t need to run from both ends of the platform and hope the operator could still see them hurrying from the ends haha
George, Gracie and the Daktronics signs wouldn’t appear until the mid 2000s.
Very neat upload, thanks for sharing!
0:19-0:38: West Entrance of Fremont Station
0:29-0:54 George M. Silliman
0:55-1:40: Looking towards what later became the East Entrance of Fremont station. 3 Car train (one of two three car trains that day) on platform 2. It departs with a view towards the end of the original parking lot (Expanded later).
1:40-1:50: Inside another train at Fremont, Platform 2.
1:51-2:14: Looking into the cab, departing Fremont. That orchard has long been turned into houses.
2:15-2:29: Looking into the cab again, with a view of the Western Pacific mainline on the right.
2:39-3:34: Two trains at 19th St Station.
3:35: Looks like Hayward station
Thanks for the details!
@@KenButz Just wondering, can you read any of the car numbers?
04/20/2024 - the end of the Legacy fleets
I can't even remember the last time I saw a three-car train.
Beautiful peoples in the past!
I think our class went on this ride.
The station is Fremont and the date is likely September 11th, 1972 when the system opened. Do you have more BART footage?
Thanks again for the detail - unfortunately these 3 reels are all that I have found so far...
@@KenButz aww.. I was looking forward to seeing more of what Fremont looked like back then