Category: Tourism

The story of the South Pacific Railroad is a tale of a colossal feat doomed to fail. The portion of the short-lived narrow-gauge railroad that connected Los Gatos to Felton had its share of disasters, from earthquakes to epic storms to fatal accidents. But in the end, not any specific one of these tragedies killed the railroad, it was the culmination of all of them, combined with the shiny new invention of the automobile, and with it, the very same highway we all use to get, well, anywhere.