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Save the Date! This year, Ada Lovelace Day will be held on Tuesday 16 October. Put the date in your diary because we have some great stuff up our sleeves again. If you want to be kept up to date over the coming months, just join our mailing list and we'll email you with all the important news.Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society-WP Hisotry: 80 Candl
As the "second fifty years" began to run it course, the Whitman-Munson era still had some twelve years ahead of it (Harry C. Munson retired February 29, 1964. Frederic B. Whitman retired June 30, 1965). Significant and tumultuous events were to occur in those twelve years, events which shaped the course of the railroad and those who worked for it in whatever capacity. During the summer of 1953 work began on the Northern California Extension (Keddie to Bieber) which substantially improved service via the "Inside Gateway" as well as significantly reducing operating and maintenance costs on that segment of the railroad.