I'm fairly certain there is at least one Key System book that is sold thru railroad book stores and should be available from public librarys. Let me know if you want details and I'll look it up. It will have pictures of operations, but I've never actually seen a copy. larry k. ============================================= At 10:14 PM 3/21/1999 -0700, Ralph Anderson wrote: >Edward, > >The Key System was sold in 1946 to National City Lines who shortly >thereafter replaced all the street cars with busses. The Key System trains >to San Francisco continued to run until 1958 when they were replaced by >buses. I am not familiar with the line to East Oakland as I mainly rode the >C line to Piedmont or the Claremont Ave. Line. There were 4 or five Key >System lines in the 30s and also lines run by Southern Pacific. Hey, the >50s aren't so long ago! > >Ralph Anderson >Boulder, CO >rkaboulder@bwn.net > >