SP Morning Daylight (14 April 1946)SP Morning Daylight (14 April 1946)
14 April 1946 was the date when
World War II restrictions were removed,
allowing the reinstatement of the tavern and straight parlor cars
on the Morning Daylight
plus the restoration of "duplicate service" on the Coast Line in the form of
the Noon Daylight.
This page depicts Southern Pacific's Train 98,
the eastbound (San Francisco to Los Angeles)
Morning Daylight,
on that day as specified in a Southern Pacific consist list issued
30 March 1946.
The document actually refers to the
Coast Daylight,
but that name did not actually become official until 22 April 1952,
several years after the final run of the
Noon Daylight.
Overview
Consist
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SP 4430-4457 (GS-4). While SP consist lists from 1946 to 1958 identified the specific cars to be used, locomotives were assigned from the pool of available locomotives. One of the 28 GS-4 locomotives (or the two GS-5s, which were GS-4s with roller bearings on their drivers) would have been the typical power. | ||
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SP 3302 (79-CB-1), chair baggage car built by Pullman-Standard in 1939 (lot 6588, plan 7415) when the Daylight was first re-equipped. These cars included a 19'10" long baggage compartment, a news agent counter, and 44 seats. | ||
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SP 2492 (79-C-2), 44-seat chair car built for the San Joaquin Daylight by Pullman-Standard in 1941 (lot 6638, plan 7422A) as part of a group of nine cars. (Four others were assigned to general Daylight service, while the remaining three were built for the San Francisco Challenger.) These two cars, each of which was equipped with a radio antenna to provide news and music for the train, became notable as the last two cars to wear the San Joaquin Daylight herald. | ||
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SP 2489 (79-C-2), 44-seat chair car, one of four built for the Daylight pool by Pullman-Standard in 1941 (lot 6638, plan 7422A) as part of a group of nine cars. (Two other cars were for the San JoaquinDaylight service, while the remaining three were built for the San Francisco Challenger.) | ||
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SP 10315 (79-T-1), tavern car built by Pullman-Standard in 1939 (lot 6592, plan 7421) for the re-equipped Daylight. | ||
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SP 3002 (79-PR-1), 27-seat parlor car built by Pullman-Standard in 1939 (lot 6591, plan 7420) for the Daylight. | ||
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SP 2955 (79-PRO-2), 22-seat parlor observation built by Pullman-Standard in 1941 (lot 6638, plan 7419A) for the Daylight. |
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