PART 1 – SP PASSENGER TRAINS |
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Shrinking passenger ridership, and car-shifting
of the late 1950s
In mid-1955, the pre-war tavern cars (class 79-T-1) were replaced with
newer class 83-T-1 Timberline Tavern cars 10316 and 10317 built in
1949 for the Shasta Daylight. The Timberline Taverns had flush sides,
extra tall windows and were fitted with rustic interiors. The Shasta
Daylight received dome cars in their place. The class 79-T-1 taverns
off the Daylight served for a time on the San Joaquin Daylight, the
Starlight, and on the Lark.
Due to falling ridership, by 1957 the triple food service units were
used only during peak traffic periods. The remainder of the time,
22. As Daylight speeds off, at the left of the photo is one of the
83-C-5 chair cars, while on the right are the stateroom parlor
car and parlor observation.
