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California's Railroad to the U.S. 1861 - 1996

Southern Pacific

Passenger Trains

The Noon Daylight

A very comprehensive book has been written about the Coast Daylight by Richard.K.Wright. Copies are still available from shops etc. if you are at all interested in this train, then I would advise the purchase of said book.
Having said that, this page will then be but a very brief overview of Train #94/95.

The Noon Daylight was introduced on March 30th 1940 due to demand for travel on the Mornng/Coast Daylight.

However, people preferred the ealier arrival times of the Morning/Coast Daylight and patronage did not meet expectations.

The Noon Daylight was discontinued for the World War II years not reinstated until 14th April 1946.

The Noon Daylight's last run was on 2nd October 1949 due to a lack of interest, SP then used the same equipment on the same run but as a overnight train called The Starlight Train 94/95.

Train #96 "Noon Daylight"
equipment	Car No.	capacity	From	To	From	To	Via	Return on Train #
Baggage Chair	21	40 seats	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	97
Chair (Articulated	22	46 seats	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	97
Chair (Articulated	23	46 seats	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	97
Chair (Articulated	24	46 seats	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	97
Chair (Articulated	25	46 seats	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	97
-Coffee Shop- -Kitchen- -Diner-	-----	-------- -------- --------	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	97
Chair	26	44 seats	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	97
Chair (Articulated	27	46 seats	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	97
Chair (Articulated	26	46 seats	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	97
Tavern	------	--------	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	97
Chair	29	44 seats	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	97
Parlor Observation	N-34	22 seats	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	97
information from SP Equipment Circular No.14 June 2, 1946

14 Cars - San Francisco to Los Angeles
Train 96 is completely air conditioned

Train #97 "Noon Daylight"
equipment	Car No.	capacity	From	To	From	To	Via	Return on Train #
Baggage Chair	21	40 seats	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	96
Chair (Articulated	22	46 seats	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	96
Chair (Articulated	23	46 seats	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	96
Chair (Articulated	24	46 seats	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	96
Chair (Articulated	25	46 seats	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	96
-Coffee Shop- -Kitchen- -Diner-	-----	-------- -------- --------	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	96
Chair	26	44 seats	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	96
Chair (Articulated	27	46 seats	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	96
Chair (Articulated	28	46 seats	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	96
Tavern	-----	--------	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	96
Chair	29	44 seats	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	98
Parlor Observation	N-34	22 seats	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	96
information from SP Equipment Circular No.14 June 2, 1946

14 Cars - Los Angeles to San Francisco
Train 97 is completely air conditioned

References:

SP Passenger Train Consists and Cars 1955-1958 by Harry Stegmaier

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