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Photos & Videos Photo of the Day Oakland Pier

Oakland Pier

By Brian Schmidt | July 5, 2021

| Last updated on August 7, 2025

Passenger train observation car parked inside station shed

The California Zephyr’s signature sleeper-observation-dome car, complete with neon tail sign, gleams in Southern Pacific’s Oakland Pier station 10 minutes before departure on June 15, 1958. John C. Illman photo

Oakland Pier

The California Zephyr’s signature sleeper-observation-dome car, complete with neon tail sign, gleams in Southern Pacific’s Oakland Pier station 10 minutes before departure on June 15, 1958. John C. Illman photo

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