some chair cars were “blanked” (cut out of the Daylight consists
temporarily) in non-peak periods and were used on other trains.
The coffee shop-tavern cars proved inadequate to meet passen-
ger demand, and within a few weeks of the train’s startup new
full coffee shop cars and full tavern cars were ordered, arriving
in January of 1938.
Second sections of the Daylight frequently had to be run to
accommodate the public. From the train’s earliest days, the rail-
road often posted signs reading: “We regret to announce that all
space on today’s Daylight is occupied.”
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10. Diagram of the Daylight winter consists of January 1940
and summer consist of July, 1941.
