Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga

Company History: Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga is a fictitious railroad line connecting the three Californian cities, though they were located on different lines of the Atchison, Santa Fe and Topeka railroad.

The name is after a running gag used in The Jack Benny Program for years: “Train leaving on Track 5 for Anaheim, Azusa and Cuc---amonga.. This was started by Jack Benny on his old radio show. The announcer’s voice was that of Mel Blanc, who also voiced Bugs Bunny (“What’s up, doc?”) and other Looney Tunes characters. Blanc first called the stations on January 7, 1945 and the gag kept right on going into the TV years.

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Brief History: The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.