72-82 - Western Pacific's Final Decade TRP Get a good look at

Get a good look at towers (inside and out)

racing past the state capital to bustling Stockton yard

Western Pacific's Final Decade

Bangor & Aroostook

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72-82 - Western Pacific's Final Decade TRP Get a good look atWestern Pacific was a railroad in transition on January 1, 1972. The resolute David in a marketplace dominated by Southern Pacific's Goliath, long perceived as the scrappy good guy who always tried harder, WP almost succumbed to its positive image. Brought down by the financial burden of the California Zephyr and changing traffic patterns in the post Vietnam 1970s, the freight only WP faced a life or death battle in an evolving economy. Along the way,