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Nostalgia & History > SP SB station 1973Date: 02/05/25 18:46 SP SB station 1973 Author: choochoochas Looking thru the park toward the North on the South side of the Santa Barbara California Southern Pacific/Amtrak station on December 20th, 1973. Photo taken from the roof of our 1964 VW bus.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/05/25 18:47 by choochoochas.  Date: 02/05/25 18:57 Re: SP SB station 1973 Author: MrChew Wonderful look back...
You're a brave man, sir. I had a friend with a 6 volt bus and when you romped on the gas - NOTHING. Date: 02/05/25 19:04 Re: SP SB station 1973 Author: choochoochas Yes unfortunately. Was really happy with our newer 1972 VW bus as it was a 12 volt version.
Date: 02/05/25 19:09 Re: SP SB station 1973 Author: refarkas What a beautiful station!
Bob Date: 02/05/25 20:20 Re: SP SB station 1973 Author: choochoochas The station was built in 1906 .
Date: 02/05/25 22:14 Re: SP SB station 1973 Author: PHall MrChew Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Wonderful look back... > You're a brave man, sir. I had a friend with a 6 > volt bus and when you romped on the gas - NOTHING. What do you want from 36 HP, performance? Date: 02/05/25 23:11 Re: SP SB station 1973 Author: BoilingMan It’s a wonderful building, and holds an interesting curiosity- about half of the 2nd story is fake.
If you go into the main waiting room you’ll see it has a high vaulted ceiling. Now walk outside, step back, and look closer. That vaulted ceiling doesn’t match the outside of the building. The waiting room ceiling is inside the 2nd floor! If you were to go upstairs you’d find a room filled with a pyramid- the vaulted ceiling of the waiting room below. It’s an architectural head scratcher! SR I noticed this anomaly back around 1970. I asked the SP ticket clerk about it and he took me upstairs to see the pyramid. It was a different time. There is no way in hell you can get up there today. I’ve tried many times, and I’m an Amtrak veteran with 32yrs service. No dice, as they say… Date: 02/06/25 06:08 Re: SP SB station 1973 Author: Topfuel Does anyone ever take a shot of the north side of the SB station? Don't think I've ever seen that side before.
Date: 02/06/25 13:56 Re: SP SB station 1973 Author: wabash2800 Saved in original configuration?
Victor Baird Date: 02/06/25 20:40 Re: SP SB station 1973 Author: BoilingMan Topfuel Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone ever take a shot of the north side of > the SB station? Don't think I've ever seen that > side before. Good point... I don't think I've ever seen a photo of the North side! I'm pretty sure I've never thought to take one. I 'll be down there in about 2wks- I'll make a point to take a few. SR Date: 02/08/25 01:07 Re: SP SB station 1973 Author: choochoochas I took a photo of the North side of the Santa Barbara station.. Will look for it and post it when I locate it.
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