25. Diagram showing the Daylight consist of 1957-1960 peak
traffic periods and (below) off peak periods.
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The Daylight and Sunset combined – 1968
The Sunset Limited served the San Francisco-Los Angeles-
New Orleans route until it was cut back to New Orleans-Los
Angeles in World War II. In 1950, new Budd stainless steel
lightweight cars were delivered, with additional similar cars
arriving in 1954.
The Walthers Budd 10-6 is the same configuration as the sleep-
ing cars built for the Sunset. Their Budd dining car is similar,
but as of this writing, no corrugated Budd coach models are
close to the Sunset cars.
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By the start of the 1960s, the dining car was replaced with
an automat car and the lounge cars and sleeping cars were
removed from the Sunset. Ticket agents were ordered to tell
prospective passengers that the train no longer ran. The railroad
had gone so far as to publish anti-rail advertising to discourage
passenger ridership.
These are just a few examples of the Southern Pacific’s incon-
siderate treatment of passengers. Despite all of this, the Sunset
often ran with 13 cars during the summer season. The railroad
sometimes added a hamburger grill to the train during the peak
demand periods.
By the late 1960s, most of the trains serving Los Angeles had
been discontinued, and the extensive Mission Road Shops at
