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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Union Pacific Railroad BNSF Railway |
| Locale | Oakland, California |
| Dates of operation | 1943– |
| Predecessor | Key System Oakland Terminal Railroad |
| Successor | West Oakland Pacific Railroad |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Track length | 10 mi (16 km) |
The Oakland Terminal Railway (reporting mark OTR) was a terminal railroad in West Oakland, California. The OTR was jointly acquired in 1943 by the Western Pacific Railroad and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to take over the Key System's freight railroad known as the Oakland Terminal Railroad. Today, the OTR is now the West Oakland Pacific Railroad (reporting mark WOPR) that operates on 10 miles (16 km) of track.[1] OTR was jointly owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway. The railroad operated in the industrial area around the Oakland Army Base.
The OTR interchanged with the ATSF near the Southern Pacific 16th Street Station in Oakland. The OTR also interchanged with the Western Pacific via trackage rights over the Key System from Emeryville to the Sacramento Northern (a WP subsidiary) terminal at 40th and Shafter Streets in Oakland. It is no longer in service.
- ^ Stindt 1996, pp. 231–232.