Our thanks to drumorgan and TV Acres for providing the following history.
On the sitcom THE JACK BENNY SHOW/CBS/1950-65 (and on radio) Mel Blanc played a Union Depot train caller who announced via megaphone or loudspeaker system the trains arriving and departing from the station. For example, Train leaving on Track 5 for Anaheim, Azusa and Cuuuu-ca-mon-gaaa! After repeated announcements, the train caller continued Look we're not asking much. Two of ya, or even one of ya...just somebody to keep the engineer company. And still later Please, please! I'll get fired if I don't get somebody on the train for Anaheim, Azusa and Cuuuu-ca-mon-gaaa! For comic tension, the show's writers often experimented with the pause placing it between Cuuu and Ca-mon-gaaa. Once a whole comedy skit was inserted in between the pause.
TRIVIA NOTE: In February 1993, the California town of Rancho Cucamonga, made famous by Jack Benny's long-running gag, erected a statue honoring the late comedian.
The railroad tracks have been removed and the right of way is primarily used by people walking their dogs and bicycling. It can be accessed on the south at the corner of Vineyard and Carnelian Ave., and at the north on Hellman Ave. just south of Baseline Rd. Please walk to this cache. The right of way is not designed for cars and trucks, nor do the neighbors appreciate the cars behind their houses.
The container is a clear plastic cashew nut container with a red screw top lid. It also has the URL www.geocaching.com written on it.
This cache is a second generation of the original that was destroyed by workers trimming the trees. It has been slightly relocated from the original location.
Travel Bugs that have visited this cache include:
Rat Fink (Twice)
Wonder Woman (Twice)
Cucamonga Railroad Cacher - The Travel Bug Limited (Twice)
Come see NYC bug
Donate Blood Please
The Little Red Motorcycle
South Carolina Governors School
Shorty the Summit Shark
SmurfBoy
Kim the Kiwi Bird
Coins from Kenya
'57 Chevy
Rx: Geocaching