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![<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/57440551@N03/">lhboudreau</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57440551@N03/55260058922/" title="New Streamliner “Shasta Daylight” in an ad from Southern Pacific Railroad in “The Saturday Evening Post,” November 25, 1950."><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55260058922_b32a91a366_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="New Streamliner “Shasta Daylight” in an ad from Southern Pacific Railroad in “The Saturday Evening Post,” November 25, 1950." /></a></p>
<p>“THE WONDERFUL SHASTA DAYLIGHT – Scenic ‘Million Dollar Train with the Million Dollar View’ – Portland - San Francisco in record 15-1/2 hours. Matchless 718-mile daylight ride through lovely Oregon-California mountain, lake and forest country. (See 14,161-foot Mt. Shasta.) Finest Chair Cars, Beautiful Timberline Tavern Car, Lowest fares. Sister streamliner on same route, new all-room, all-Pullman ‘Cascade’ – America’s finest overnight train. Famed ‘Cascade Club’ dining car-lounge. No extra fare. They’re all yours on S.P.’s WONDERFUL WAYS WEST. . .” [From the ad copy]<br />
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The Southern Pacific Railroad, as an independent company, no longer exists. It was acquired by the Union Pacific Corporation in 1996 and subsequently merged into the Union Pacific Railroad operations. The Shasta Route is served today by Amtrak’s “Coast Starlight.” The modern route remains highly regarded for its spectacular scenery, including views of the Cascade mountain range and Mount Shasta. It is fascinating to see that the route advertised in 1950 remains one of the most iconic and scenic rail corridors in the United States today.<br />
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[Note: The photo is AI-generated and is a faithful photo-realistic interpretation of an illustration that accompanied the ad copy.]<br />
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[Note 2: I'd rather encounter that bear while riding the train than hiking in the woods.]</p>](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55260058922_b32a91a366_s.jpg)
![<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/57440551@N03/">lhboudreau</a> posted a photo:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57440551@N03/55241291509/" title="Main 14120 meets the Cascades on Southern Pacific’s Shasta Route (1945). Ad in “Collier’s,” Feb. 24, 1945."><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55241291509_d58b3e506a_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Main 14120 meets the Cascades on Southern Pacific’s Shasta Route (1945). Ad in “Collier’s,” Feb. 24, 1945." /></a></p>
<p>"Main is Army for troop train. Main 14120 – southbound from Portland, Oregon – has a date with a transport. Main 14120 is in a hurry.<br />
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“From Portland to Eugene and on to Oakridge the train has easy going – through rolling farm country and along the lovely Willamette River. But at Oakridge the easy going ends. <br />
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“Here Main 14120 gets a helper engine and goes mountain climbing. Swiftly civilization drops below as the train roars up the Cascades – through dense evergreen forests and lonely canyons – up to Cascade Summit, and then along a high forested plateau past lovely Odell and Crescent Lakes to Klamath Falls.<br />
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“Another climb to 5,063 feet. Then down past mighty Mt. Shasta (seen in the photo) and across an arm of vast Shasta Lake (Shasta Dam). Down through the Sacramento River Canyon and its fertile valley to San Francisco Bay. On time. <br />
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“Main 14120 is just one of thousands of troop trains we have handled, but it illustrates an interesting fact about Southern Pacific’s job in the war. <br />
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“Almost every time a Southern Pacific train moves from one place to another, it has to hurdle a mountain range. This means wonderful scenery for sightseers, but real problems for the men who operate the trains.<br />
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“Mountains demand powerful locomotives, topnotch railroading and constant vigilance against the stormy whims of Nature. <br />
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“Southern Pacific serves the principal West Coast ports of embarkation, and more military and naval establishments than any other railroad. Our war load is mounting steadily. . . When peace comes, tourists will again speed between Portland and San Francisco on our Shasta Route. Many will visit Crater Lake National Park, see mighty Shasta Dam and tour the spectacular Redwood Empire, along this route . . .” [From the ad copy]<br />
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The Southern Pacific Railroad, as an independent company, no longer exists. It was acquired by the Union Pacific Corporation in 1996 and subsequently merged into the Union Pacific Railroad operations. The Shasta Route is served today by Amtrak’s “Coast Starlight.” The modern route remains highly regarded for its spectacular scenery, including views of the Cascade mountain range and Mount Shasta. It is fascinating to see that the route advertised in 1945 remains one of the most iconic and scenic rail corridors in the United States today.<br />
<br />
[Note: The photo is AI-generated and is based on a drawing that accompanied the ad copy. It's a photo-realistic interpretation of that drawing.]</p>](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55241291509_d58b3e506a_s.jpg)
