"CP" Cast Iron plate

From: "Scott Chaney" schaney@g.clemson.edu

I am a collector of railroad memorabilia from across the country. I recently picked up a yellow cast iron plate with huge cast letters "CP". I have been unable to identify that this is truly a CPRR piece or just some other iron plate. Is there anyone there that can help me correctly distinguish this piece as CPRR. ...

—Scott and Charles Chaney

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How did rail passenger reach San Francisco in 1908?

From: "Jeanne Crawford" jeannecrawford@gmail.com

... My grandmother took the train from Oregon down to San Francisco in 1908. Then she took a train from San Francisco on south to Pasadena. I am curious how she got into San Francisco. I tried to do some research myself but am unsure. Did she go into Sacramento and the whole train went on a ferry to San Francisco? Or did she get to Oakland and have to switch to a passenger ferry? Or did her train from Oregon go down to San Jose and then up the penninsula to San Francisco?

... I have the letter my grandmother wrote from San Francisco in September 1908 but she doesn't explain how she got into the City via train/ferry/???

—Jeanne