Arthur Lloyd, advocate for Bay Area passenger trains, dies
Arthur Lloyd, advocate for Bay Area passenger trains, dies
Arthur L. Lloyd, passionate advocate of passenger train travel who had a major role in public operation of the Peninsula commute train service, died Dec. 4 at his home in Menlo Park after suffering a series of strokes.
The railroad operated the famous streamliner California Zephyr, which it promoted as “the most talked-about train in the country.”
[...] freight railroads found the passenger trains unprofitable, and Mr. Lloyd left the Western Pacific to become a partner in Clift Travel, one of the oldest travel agencies in California.
In 1971, he joined Amtrak, the new government corporation that operates the country’s passenger trains.
Mourners will be given round-trip tickets on the 12:09 p.m. train from Redwood City to Palo Alto, where a reception will be held at MacArthur Park restaurant near the Caltrain station in Palo Alto.