PART 1 – SP PASSENGER TRAINS |
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3. Southern Pacific RR Common Standard passenger classes.
25% in 1934. In a positive response, several railroads introduced
lightweight streamlined passenger trains in that year with the
intention of attracting new business.
Conventional locomotives of this time were functional steam
engines with all their piping and mechanisms exposed. The typ-
ical passenger car bristled with rivets, and was usually painted
in a somber dark green color.
By contrast, the streamliners were built of new metals to
reduce weight.
