Cascade (train)

Cascade

An EMD SDP45 and two FP7s lead the Cascade into Berkeley, California, in April 1971
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Northern California and Oregon
First service	April 17, 1927 (1927-04-17)
Last service	April 30, 1971
Successor	Coast Starlight
Former operator(s)	Southern Pacific
Route
Termini	Oakland, California Portland, Oregon
Stops	15
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
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The Cascade was a passenger train of the Southern Pacific on its route between Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon, with a sleeping car to Seattle, Washington. The Southern Pacific started the train on April 17, 1927, soon after the opening of its Cascade Line between Black Butte, California, and Springfield, Oregon.

At first the train offered first class service and a $3.00 extra fare; it became an all-Pullman train in 1937. On August 13, 1950, the Cascade became a streamlined coach/Pullman train with a triple-unit diner and cars painted in two shades of gray. The next 21 years saw a decline. The Seattle sleeper was discontinued in 1966, the triple-unit diner came off a year later. By 1970 the train was down to five or six cars and ran only three days per week. Amtrak would take over the Cascade on May 1, 1971, and would combine it with the San Francisco–Los Angeles Coast Daylight routing the train through Oakland and eventually renaming it the Coast Starlight.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}