Gerber

Gerber is a small highway town surrounded by farms and ranches. The population is predominately Hispanic. The small post office has been in operation at Gerber since 1916. Gerber was a locomotive town used as a fueling station, train repair, and crew change point up until 1955 until completion of the railroad's phasing in of diesel locomotives as a replacement to steam, operations at Gerber were gradually curtailed over the following decade and eventually closed down. Passenger service continued until 1972 when Amtrak's Coast Starlight discontinued Gerber station as a stop.