With military bases all along the West Coast, troop trains and
armed forces specials kept the SP tracks well occupied through
the end of the war in 1945. Government regulations remained in
effect until April, 1946 to permit accommodation of homecom-
ing soldiers and a changeover to peacetime traffic.
The Daylight in postwar years
With the end of government regulation in 1946, the second
parlor car and tavern car were reinstated on the Coast Daylight.
Visible changes to the cars included a gradual change from the
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12. The westbound Daylight, #98, stops at San Luis Obispo in
the mid-1950s, near the end of steam operation. The parlor
observation car shows off the new lighting array on its roof.
Photo courtesy Bob’s Photos
