The clock tower of the original Santa Fe depot at Bay and Broadway is pulled to the ground by a steel cable attached to two yard locomotives as part of the grand opening celebration on March 7, 1915.


California Southern’s San Diego passenger terminal as it appeared toward the end of the 19th century. An early predecessor of the San Diegan is waiting to depart.
The first San Diego & Arizona Railway through passenger train arrived at the Santa Fe Depot on Dec. 1, 1919, to open the line.