[wburg]

Interesting...the train tracks in the illustration are the former right of way of the Sacramento Northern Railway. Some of them are still in use to serve the Port of Stockton and freight customers, but the line south of the lock roughly parallel to Jefferson is actually owned by the city of West Sacramento.

It's an IDEAL place to put a streetcar line, as a third-phase expansion of the system currently being planned. There is open space on either side, originally left clear due to old-school zoning codes and wanting to be away from the train tracks, which might make good spots for TOD mixed-use development trackside. Add that theoretical Broadway Bridge with streetcar tracks down the middle and you've got a great way to provide handy transit and reduce car trips from West Sac to make LPCA happy (or at least slightly less angry.)

The tracks behind Stone Blvd. are still used as a switching yard by YSL, so I'm not sure what their plans are there--it's not like an abandoned railyard where they can just tear things up, if they still hope to ship things by rail (the best way to ship things in big quantities) they'll need a yard somewhere convenient to the port and nearby industries.