Amtrak never operated to San Francisco, so the last train from LA to SF was on April Fool’s Day of 1971. For some reason I’ll never fathom, Nixon chose to create Amtrak instead of deregulating passenger rail to reduce their operating costs.
IIRC the LA to Portland stopped in Oakland
Nixon was a card-carrying Member of what we’ve come to despise as the Establishment GOP Country Club. He not only created Amtrak but the lovely and easy-to-do-business-with EPA.
Charming.
To the last.