It is November of 1971, the so called "Rainbow Era" of Amtrak is underway as SP power leads cars from the UP, GN, BN, SP (their home built dome car), and CB&Q. The scene is at the West end of the Yolo Causeway, West of Sacramento at a place then known as Webster, now called West Causeway
What did passenger trains look like before Amtrak in America, and Via Rail in Canada? Find out in this album with 2,700+ Historical Photos from early passenger trains of North America from the 1900's up until the early years of Government passenger trains
In the years after World War II Southern Pacific went from being the most bullish railroad on passenger service to one of its biggest detractors. It continually downgraded service until Amtrak took over what remained.
