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

Southern Pacific

Passenger Trains

The Starlight

The Starlight Train 94/95 was the old Noon Daylight, whereas the Noon Daylight was a day train, the Starlight was an overnight train of chair cars.

The inaugural run of the Starlight was 2nd October 1949.

Like all SP passenger trains, equipment was swapped out when it need maintenance and as the Starlight was well down the importance ladder, consists changed regularly.

It started out as 16 cars long including 3 headend cars and gradually deteriorated over time although always having the 3 headend cars.

Due to less demand, winter consists were always shorter than summer consists.

By the end of 1956 it was down to 6 cars during the week and 5 and 4 on Saturday and Sunday.

It left before The Lark and arrived before 0700hrs at either terminal.

The last run of the Starlights was 14th July 1957, killed off by recession and changed traveling habits.

Train #94 "Starlight" December 1 1956
equipment	Car No.	capacity	From	To	From	To	Via	Return on Train #
Express Mon-Fri	---	---	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	95
Baggage Mail	---	---	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	95
Storage Mail Mon-Sat	---	---	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	95
Tavern-Snack Bar Car	---	----	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	95
Chair	943	44 seats	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	95
Chair	944	44 seats	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	SP	95
information from SP Equipment Circular No.15

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

Train #95 "Starlight" December 1 1956
equipment	Car No.	capacity	From	To	From	To	Via	Return on Train #
Express Mon-Fri	---	----	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	94
Storage Mail Mon-Sat	---	----	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	94
Baggage Mail	---	----	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	94
Tavern-Snack Bar Car	---	----	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	94
Chair	943	44 seats	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	94
Chair	944	44 seats	Los Angeles	San Francisco	Los Angeles	San Francisco	SP	94
information from SP Equipment Circular No.15

6 Cars - Los Angeles to San Francisco

References:

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

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23/4/2007