Surf and the South Pacific

This article documents the birth in the 1890s and death in 1985 of a small train station called Surf, which was located on the California coast some 300 miles south of San Francisco. The author, a train buff, discovered Surf and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1974, and began researching its past. The article includes a recollection of a famous crash in 1907 that occurred a few miles south of Surf, taking the lives of 36 Shriners traveling from the East Coast to San Francisco.

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• Authors:
  • Roskoski, John
• Publication Date: 2008-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Illustrations; Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 44-51
• Serial:
  • Trains
  • Volume: 68
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
  • ISSN: 0041-0934
  • Serial URL: http://trainsmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Operators (Persons); Railroad stations
• Identifier Terms: Southern Pacific Railroad
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; History; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01089445
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 2008 9:08AM