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41. The chair cars are followed by the full parlor car (without
stateroom) and the observation-lounge car of the Sunbeam.
Train consist diagrams
The trains in these diagrams can be modeled with ready-to-run
and kit form plastic models, plus either some brass cars or stand-
ins. The diagrams show the changes that took place on Southern
Pacific streamliners over the years.
The books, “Night Trains of the Southern Pacific Coast Route Vol.
1” and “Day Trains of the Southern Pacific Coast Route, Vol. 2” by
Dennis Ryan and Joseph Shine have detailed descriptions of car
assignments and photos through the history of these cars.
In the book “The Daylight, Volume 1” by Richard K. Wright, it is
indicated that the railroad’s consist sheets only specified car num-
bers in 1946, 1947 and 1948.
Before this time, the cars may have been locked into their assign-
ments due to a lack of extra lightweight equipment. Orders of new
