Feb 13, 2026
This archival film report "To Build The Dream" shows President Lyndon B. Johnson on June 19, 1964 at the official groundbreaking of BART in Concord. The ceremony celebrated the start of construction on the 4.5 mile Diablo Test Track that would eventually become part of the Yellow line.
The test track was a lab for research. Every component of the system was tested there: laying track, power sources, the train propulsion system and more.
"To Build The Dream" A film by Carol Levene for the Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
"To Build The Dream" | How BART was built in the 1960s
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