1937 Daylight Southern Pacific Railroad Name Train

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You are bidding on 1937 name train brochure "Southern Pacific Presents Daylight". VERY NICE! This brochure is in VERY GOOD condition with NO creases or tears or stray marks. It measures approx. 10 l/2" by 8" and 12 pages long. T is a full description of the Daylight train, the newest and most beautiful train in the west. T are a couple of water marks on the back (shown) and no marks on the inside. The Coast Daylight was a passenger train originally run by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) between the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco, California , via SP's Coast Line . In the eyes of many, the "most beautiful passenger train in the world" featured a stunning red, orange, and black color scheme. [1] The Coast Daylight had its inaugural run on March 1 , 1937 and was hauled by GS-2 steam locomotives . It was the first one of the Daylight series of the Southern Pacific passenger trains that also included the San Joaquin Daylight , the Shasta Daylight , the Sacramento Daylight , and the Sunset Limited . The Coast Daylight ran behind steam from March 1937 until it was dieselized on January 7 , 1955 . After dieselization, the train continued to run until 1971, when Amtrak took over service and rerouted their Coast Daylight to Oakland . A second train known as the Noon Daylight ran on the same route between 1940 and 1949, with a suspension read more
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