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SP Lark (SF to LA)
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By 1960's train was repainted silver/red bands and by its demise in 1967, ran with a couple of sleepers, a cafe-lounge off the Sunset, a couple of coaches and occasionally a Russellburger car. And it was always "sold out", according to SP--in fact, in those days it ran generally empty, but that's what they told the prospective pax when the SP agent refused to sell them a ticket so it WOULD run that way. The SP shenanigans concerning the Lark and Sunset were a substantial component of the justification given in support for the formation of RAILPAX/Amtrak, and prompted the famous quotation from 1950's/60's humorist/celebrity Stan Freberg at the CA hearings regarding the "steak" served on a paper plate in the Lark's cafe-lounge ("diner") that "the only thing tougher than that steak is the heart of a Southern Pacific Ticket Agent".
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