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The Shasta Limiteds, as they were ‘officially’ called, used this personal name, referring to themselves after a ‘express train’ that traveled, daily, between Portland, Oregon and San Francisco, California. The Southern Pacific line used Pullman Porters, and the Shasta Limited De Luxe, was an “exclusive extra-fare train catering to the most elite of passengers”. It required the best of the best to work the Pullman Sleeping Car that travled the Portland to San Francisco express route on a twenty-seven hour turn around. Most of the West Coast African American baseball players of the early days, were tied intrinsically to the Pullman Porters, the Red Caps, and the Oakland Mole in one way or another. This helped foster the growth of West Oakland, which was also known as the Harlem Of The West, during the 1920’s to 1940’s.

The logo for the team is based off of the stationary that was used on the train itself... Hard to tell what the emblem on the jersey represents... After much consultation with my Rail Road (Bottom of the Sixth) and Negro League experts (CanofCorn) and no conclusive evidence on exactly what it represents, I decided to go with a smokestack or smoke plume from a steam train...