The Sunset Limited SP’s Premier Train with a Southern Accent Jarel, Ryan, Signor W-1A

“No expense was spared on the Budd streamlined Sunset Limited of 1950, a train still widely regarded as representative of the apex of passenger train development in the United States. Southern Pacific took exceptional pride in this train because it traveled solely on SP rails for its whole journey – unlike other trains which were joint efforts with other railroads. Profusely illustrated with photographs, ads, menus and other ephemera, this is the complete story this train that was created to cater to the well-to-do elite of the gilded age, that went on to become the backbone of a premier passenger service over the Sunset Route and in so doing helped to define all that once was Southern Pacific-the West’s greatest transportation system. “Many of the photographs and illustrations were taken from official SP archives and popular rail enthusiast photo collections. Erroneous captions date in part to the notes taken by SP company photographers.” – Amazon