PART 1 – SP PASSENGER TRAINS |
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versus eight hours on the train, taking much of the parlor class
traffic from the Daylight.
Highways between Los Angeles and San Francisco were upgraded
after the war, reducing the trip time for intercity bus lines which
offered lower fares than the railroad. This effect was offset slightly
for the SP was a part owner of Pacific Greyhound bus lines.
More people owned cars than ever before, and increasing
numbers preferred driving to riding the train. In 1949 the Noon
Daylight train was discontinued, and by 1952 the Morning
Daylight became known as the Coast Daylight.
The Southern Pacific responded to the competition by adver-
tising their low fares and family plans with children riding
16. Catching up with the Daylight’s engine, we see the bag-
gage-newsstand chair car followed by chair cars of the 1941
Daylight, led by a GS-4 steam locomotive.
