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class 83-D-1 smooth-sided dining cars built in 1949 ran on the Coast
Daylight. Twin-unit diner-coffee shop cars 10225-10226 from the City
of San Francisco were sometimes used on the Daylight, as were Budd
stainless steel diners built for the Sunset.
The Daylight’s triple car food service units were scrapped in 1963.
Newer triples built for the Shasta Daylight in 1949 were transferred
to the Coast Daylight, operating in peak periods till the summer of
1967. Single-unit coffee shop diners replaced the triple unit cars on the
Shasta Daylight.
In 1962 dome cars 3605 and 3606 began operation on the Coast
Daylight, replacing the Timberline Tavern cars. The parlor cars with
23. By 1957 more of the diesels were appearing in the “bloody
nose” color scheme as shown in this prototype photo at an
unspecified location. The fourth car, on the right of the photo, is
one of the 83-C-5 Shasta type chair cars. Courtesy Bob’s Photos.
