2000.1.1397

A scene near Broadway and the Embarcadero in which an Amtrak diesel locomotive is pulling passenger cars, toward the camera. A rectangular cloth sign held across the the eastbound railroad tracks reads "Oakland Welcomes Amtrak Capitols" [the name of the new service between San Jose and Sacramento JM]. A scattering of people is watching on each sides of the pair of tracks. [The scene is reminsicent of photos showing the arrival of the first transcontinental railroad in Oakland in late 1869 or early 1870 JM 12/19/2000] (D. Cooper, 7/2004) The transcontinental railroad arrived in Oakland Nov. 8, 1869.

Used: Oakland Tribune