Southern Pacific
Passenger Trains
Mail and Express
| Train #47 "Mail and Express" |
| equipment | From | To | From | Enroute To | Via | Return on Train # |
| Express Refrigerator (milk) | Tucson | El Centro | Tucson | El Centro | SP | 362-48 |
| Baggage Express | Kansas City | El Paso | Kansas City | El Paso | RI, SP | 48 |
| Baggage Express RPO | Pheonix | Los Angeles | Pheonix | Los Angeles | SP | 48 |
| Baggage Express RPO | Pheonix | Los Angeles | Pheonix | Los Angeles | SP | 48 |
| Baggage Express RPO | Kansas City | Pheonix | Kansas City | Pheonix | RI, SP | 48 |
| Baggage Express RPO | Chicago | Los Angeles | Chicago | Los Angeles | RI, SP | 48 |
| Baggage Express RPO | El Paso | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | SP | 48 |
| Baggage Express (sealed) | El Paso | Los Angeles | New Orleans | Los Angeles | SP | 1-6 |
| Baggage Express (sealed) | El Paso | Los Angeles | New Orleans | Los Angeles | SP | 1-2/44 |
| Express (sealed) | El Paso | Los Angeles | Fort Worth | Los Angeles | TP, SP | 48 |
| Express (sealed) | El Paso | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | SP | 48 |
| Express (sealed) | El Paso | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | SP | 48 |
| Express (sealed) | El Paso | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | SP | 48 |
| Express (sealed) | El Paso | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | SP | 48 |
| Express (sealed) | El Paso | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | SP | 48 |
| Express (sealed) | El Paso | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | SP | 48 |
| Express (sealed) | El Paso | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | SP | 48 |
| Express (sealed) | El Paso | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | SP | 48 |
| Express (sealed) | El Paso | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | SP | 48 |
| Express (sealed) | El Paso | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | SP | 48 |
| Coach | Chicago | Los Angeles | Chicago | Los Angeles | RI, SP | 48 |
| All Day Lunch Car | Tucumcari | Los Angeles | Tucumcari | Los Angeles | SP | 48 |
- 6 Cars - Tucumcari to El Paso
- 18 Cars - El Paso to Tucson
- 19 Cars - Tucson to Pheonix
- 20 Cars - Pheonix to Yuma
- 19 Cars - Yuma to Los Angeles
| Train #48 "Mail and Express" |
| equipment | From | To | From | Enroute To | Via | Return on Train # |
| Express Refrigerator (milk) | El Centro | Tucson | El Centro | Tucson | SP | 47-363 |
| Baggage Express (sealed) | Los Angeles | Niland | Los Angeles | Niland | SP | 43 |
| Baggage Express RPO | Yuma | El Paso | San Diego | El Paso | SP, SDAE | 43 |
| Baggage Express RPO | Pheonix | El Paso | Pheonix | El Paso | SP | 47 |
| Baggage Express RPO | Los Angeles | Pheonix | Los Angeles | Pheonix | SP | 47 |
| Baggage Express RPO | El Paso | Kansas City | El Paso | Kansas City | SP, RI | 47 |
| Baggage Express RPO | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | El Paso | SP | 47 |
| Baggage Express RPO | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | Fort Worth | SP, TP | 47 |
| Baggage Express RPO | Los Angeles | Kansas City | Los Angeles | Kansas City | SP, RI | 47 |
| Baggage Express RPO | Los Angeles | Chicago | Los Angeles | Chicago | SP, RI | 47 |
| Express | Yuma | Chicago | San Diego | Chicago | SDAE, SP, RI | 47-363 |
| Express Refrigerator (milk) | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | Fort Bliss | SP | 47 |
| Express | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | Washington | SP, TP | 47 |
| Express | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | Philadelphia | SP, TP | 47 |
| Express | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | Memphis | SP, TP | 47 |
| Express | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | Jacksonville | SP, TP | 47 |
| Express | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | Fort Worth | SP, TP | 47 |
| Express Refrigerator (flowers Mon., Wed. and Fri. | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | Fort Worth | SP, TP | 47 |
| Express Refrigerator (flowers Mon., Wed. and Fri. | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | Dallas | SP, TP | 47 |
| Express Refrigerator (flowers Mon., Wed. and Fri. | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | New Orleans | SP | 47 |
| Express Refrigerator (flowers Mon., Wed. and Fri. | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | Houston | SP | 47 |
| Express Refrigerator (flowers Mon., Wed. and Fri. | Los Angeles | El Paso | Los Angeles | San Antonio | SP | 47 |
| Coach | Los Angeles | Chicago | Los Angeles | Chicago | SP, RI | 47 |
| All Day Lunch Car | Los Angeles | Tucumcari | Los Angeles | Tucumcari | SP | 47 |
- 14 Cars - Los Angeles to Niland
- 13 Cars - Niland to Yuma
- 16 Cars - Yuma to Pheonix
- 16 Cars - Pheonix to Tucson
- 15 Cars - Tucson to El Paso
- 6 Cars - El Paso to Tucumcari
- 5 more cars - Los Angeles to El Paso Mon., Wed. and Fri.
References:
- SP Equipment Circular No.14 June 2, 1946
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