WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD STORY

This is a never before seen chapter from our extensive coverage of the WP on our DVD "Western Pacific Remembered" (item D-140). This 1-hour & 40-minute video is available at our website www.cspmovies.com.
Visit the Western Pacific from both sides of the San Francisco Bay down to Niles Jct. and then on the San Jose branch and return to Niles Jct. for a ride through Niles Canyon.
Then from Altamont Pass we run to Stockton, Sacramento and all thegreat locations to Oroville. Oroville to Keddie brings more trains and great scenery. We run to Bieber on a freight and then return to Keddie to run to Portola. From Portola we ride locals to Reno and Loyalton. From there we review the run over the Great Basin Desert to Salt Lake City. See things that have been removed forever.
This ambitious project brings all vintage, color movie scenes shot by6 cinematographers in 8 and 16-mm film. See film shot in the CZ cab and on locals and freight trains. Lots of scenes shot from trackside and other points of view. This will bring you what it was like to work for a fine railroad. We feature many special maps made for this video, train sounds and informative narration.

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Lots of Western Pacific Railroading at www.cspmovies.com

[@GregoryZucco-z6m]

It is amazing that even back in the 50's Oakland was a dumpster then, I barely remember the Hayward Station before it was torn down and the Hayward Bart Station was built there.

[@kelvintorrence5994]

i was about to say the same thing

[@northernutahlivesteam]

Great info and imagery. Thanks for sharing.

[@sunking2001]

This is a great video. As a train lover...in 2018 I took the California Zephyr from Martinez, CA. all the way to Chicago. I had a roomette and was onboard for around 57 hrs. (3 days and 2 nights). I went solo and highly...HIGHLY recommend a roomette instead of coach.

[@cats0182]

I rode the original CZ between Chicago and Oakland. It was simply a memorable experienced on a train that will never exist again.

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Wow, cats you were one lucky person. Do you remember the food in the Dining Car? It always looked delightful!

[@philhoffman3417]

I rode it in 1962 as a 15 year old. Dining car was comparable to the 20th Century Ltd of that year. Dad was Exec VP of the NYC, so this trip was on a reciprocal pass

[@cats0182]

@@charlessmileyvideos Unfortunately, no. You see, I was from the NYC area I was accustomed to single level trains. I was mesmerized and overwhelmed by the dome cars. I think I spent more time in a dome car front seat playing engineer than I did in my coach seat. I also rode the original Denver Zephyr. Another memorable trip on a great train that will never return,

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

@@philhoffman3417 You must be my age . . . . but you were one very fortunate person back then. I hope all is well and the memories pleasant.

[@TigerDominic-uh1dv]

Nice Traveling Back Then 👌 😊

[@kelvintorrence5994]

those dancing headlines where cool

[@trevormaxwell8134]

Those days were better more enjoyable to ❤😊

[@davidbhinckley]

Was trash an issue back then?

[@misterdude123]

Here is the wierd observation. US transcontinental trains were half the size of Canadian transcontinental but Canada has 1/10 of the population size compared to the US. And both countries went through the same kind of changes.