 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Yakavhurwa muna 1898, chivako ichi chakatsiva chivako chakanga chavakwa muna 1875 panzvimbo imwe chete iyi. Chivako ichi chakanyatsovakwa chakasimba chine matanda akavharika chakapona pakudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika muna 1906 uye muna 1989nokukuvadzwa kuduku. Yakashanda senzvimbo yokuenda kuSan Francisco kubva kuEast Bay, avo vakatasva zvikepe zveSouthern Pacific neKey System. Yakashandawo sekubatana neSan Francisco kune njanji dzekuSouth Pacific, Santa Fe neWestern Pacific dzakapera muOakland, uye kuNorthwestern Pacific inomhanya kuchamhembe kubva kuMarin County. Zviteshi zvengarava zvaiva kuchamhembe kweshongwe yewachi zvaishandira Key System, Santa Fe, uye Northwestern Pacific, nepo zviteshi zvaiva kumaodzanyemba kweshongwe zvaishandira Southern Pacific neWestern Pacific. Njanji yaipoterera pamberi pechivako yakaita kuti zvive nyore kuchinjira kuzvitima zvomumugwagwa. Bhiriji guru revanofamba netsoka raipfuura nepakati peEmbarcadero pamberi pechivako cheFerry kuti zvive nyore kuyambuka zvakachengeteka nzvimbo yakabatikana uye nzvimbo yokufambisa. Mumakore okuma1940, zambuko racho rakabviswa kuti rishandiswe semarara okushandisa muHondo Yenyika II. 