Here is the opening of a lovely piece by Darold Fredricks in the San Mateo Daily Journal. It's just enough to wet your whistle so you can click through and read the whole piece on the newspaper's website and maybe even help the paper grow revenue:
One of the fondest memories of older residents of Millbrae and San Bruno was a trip on the Interurban Trolley called the #40 Line.
Most of them used the trolley as a means of getting to and from the San Mateo and Burlingame high schools as cars were scarce and this was the main form of transportation available to them. It was an exciting and much anticipated journey before and after school as it afforded young men and women an opportunity to get acquainted. Not all of these encounters resulted in dates, but the minds of youth allowed them to play out their dreams and fantasies from the brief time they boarded until he or she exited the trolley. Youth does not always allow us to be bold enough to pursue fleeting love, but a few romances did end up gaining partners for life. Most had to be content to wonder just who that person was they met that day on the #40 Line.
The #40 ran parallel to the S. P. railroad line through South San Francisco, San Bruno and Millbrae, but at the Burlingame train station it was diverted to and ran down the middle of California Drive – North San Mateo Drive on its way to the San Mateo High School and San Mateo.
Did any bloggers find that special someone on the #40?
Comments