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Technology and Cal Poly Land
The Early Pictures with the Train

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Therefore, it is no coincidence that early pictures of the campus always have a train! Trains going this way, that way…
One technical detail is that it is still (today) a single line (for both directions- with significant capacity, speed and safety consequences)!

You may have notice the inappropriate drive-by sound. That, and the screeching brakes were the only transportation sounds readily available. There is no train sound canned in power-point. Why? You will understand after we look at the next slide…