PART 1 – SP PASSENGER TRAINS |
12
appear in newspapers, magazines and movie theater newsreels,
all glamorizing the new train.
Over a three-month period, the Daylight broke all ridership
records for single section long distance trains. Passengers were
encouraged to walk about the train to visit the dining car, coffee
shop or the tavern to help break up the all-day trip. First class
passengers could also visit the parlor observation lounge fit-
ted with rear-facing sofas to watch mile after mile of changing
scenery at the rear of the train.
Summer months were peak travel periods, along with
Christmas to New Years. To make full use of the new equipment,
8. Here’s an informative 30-minute Southern Pacific marketing
film from the late 1930s promoting the new Daylight passen-
ger train. Do excuse the diesel train sounds, however!
