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Southern Pacific's Coast Line Pictorial by Anthony W Thompson & John R Signor
Southerns Pacifics Coast Line Pictorial by Anthony W Thompson & John R Signor
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket Reflection from light on some photos
295 pages
Copyright 2000
CONTENTS
Introduction and Acknowledgementsv
1 The Bay Area: San Francisco to Watsonville Junction1
2 The North End: Watsonville Junction to Santa Margarita41
3 Cuesta: Santa Margarita to San Luis Obispo71
4 San Luis Obispo: The Center of the Coast Line109
5 The South End: San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara181
6 Southern California: Santa Barbara to Los Angeles223
Bibliography 289
Index292
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
Among the most scenic and storied parts of the far-flung Southern Pacific system was the Coast Line between San Francisco and Los Angeles. First completed in 1901, it was witness to every aspect of the evolution of the SP in the twentieth century. Large cities and small towns, rich agricultural fields and rugged mountain passes, and mile upon mile of line right along the shore of the Pacific Ocean, all typify this route. It was as characteristic and distinctive a portion of the SP as existed anywhere.
In 1995, a book about the Coast Line was published by John R. Signor. That work presented a broad account of the history and development of the line, but inevitably much had to be omitted. The present volume enlarges and extends the story of this fascinating stretch of the Southern Pacific.
This volume is pictorial in nature, and nearly 600 photographs, 140 of them in color, and few ever published previously, enrich its pages. The book includes the work of many prominent photographers, but none is more eminent than Richard Steinheimer. Among the most respected American railroad photographers and particularly known for his superb images of the Southern Pacific, his 85 photographs of the Coast Line in this book form its visual heart.
The role of Southern Pacific generally, and its Coast Line in particular, is pivotal to the emergence and development of California in this century. This outstanding presentation of that experience, which incorporates much material from the files of the Southern Pacific itself, has been carefully researched and includes 15 drawings and a bibliography and index. Anyone will value this book who is interested in the history of California and the West.
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