and the original cars were refurbished to institute a new midday
train, the Noon Daylight.
With the startup of the new train, the Coast Daylight then
became known as the Morning Daylight. The new equipment
included parlor cars and chair cars plus triple-articulated food
service units including a coffee shop, kitchen and full dining car.
The new equipment went into service as it arrived until the
orders were completed in 1941. This makes up the pre-war
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11. Diagram of the Daylight wartime consist of January, 1942
and first postwar consist of April, 1946.
consist the HO and N scale manufacturers simulate with their
models. These new cars were 79 feet long to accommodate elec-
tric baggage elevators, an exclusive Southern Pacific innovation.
World War II
The Daylight ran essentially intact throughout World War
II, although the tavern and one of the parlor cars were soon
replaced with chair cars to provide urgently needed additional
seating. Many of the SP passenger trains were discontinued for
the duration by government regulation, declared unnecessary
duplications of service.
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