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The ''Cascade'' was an 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''.〔Southern Pacific Timetable, October 1, 1947〕〔Southern Pacific Timetable, April 24, 1960〕〔Union Pacific Timetable, October 1, 1967〕〔Southern Pacific Timetable, June 1, 1970〕〔Amtrak West Coast Services Timetable, May 1, 1971〕〔Southern Pacific Historical Society〕 ==History== The Shasta Route into Oregon was completed on December 17, 1887, connecting California points to Portland, Seattle, and the Pacific Northwest. The ''Oregon and California Express'' was the first passenger service; it later gained fame as the ''Shasta Limited''. But the route over the Siskiyou Mountains of Southern Oregon was difficult with steep grades, sharp curves, and subject to landslides and washouts. During the reign of Edward H. Harriman Southern Pacific began building a better route via Klamath Falls. Government involvement in the affairs of Harriman and the SP would delay completion for 18 years.〔 Trains began using the new Natron Cutoff or Cascade Line in 1926, but passenger service began several months later after the old Weed Lumber Company line south of Grass Lake was replaced. The ''Cascade'' would offer better service than the ''Shasta Limited'' (which in 1926 was scheduled 27 hours Portland to San Francisco). At first the train had a $3.00 extra fare and numbers 17 and 18.〔 This train would survive the depression through consolidations and a change of numbers (19 and 20). The extra fare was dropped. With the better economy Southern Pacific re-equipped the ''Cascade'' and by 1937 it was an all-Pullman train with numbers 23 and 24 and a schedule under 20 hours.〔 For three years during World War II the ''Cascade'' was combined with the ''Beaver''. After the war the train got new equipment and a faster schedule. On June 5, 1950, the first streamlined Pullman was placed in service on the route. Southern Pacific was also experimenting with diesel power. The result would be the greatest presentation of this train; a faster, dieselized, streamlined, all-Pullman, daily overnight service second-to-none. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cascade (train)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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