San Joaquin Daylight
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The San Joaquin Daylight was a Southern Pacific passenger train inaugurated between Los Angeles and San Francisco's Oakland Pier by way of the San Joaquin Valley and Tehachapi Pass on July 4, 1941. Travel times were between 12 hours (1970) and 14 hours (1944). It operated until the advent of Amtrak in 1971.
An EMD SDP45 leads the San Joaquin Daylight at Martinez, California in 1971
The San Joaquin Daylight in March 1971, one month before Amtrak took over nationwide rail passenger service in the United States.
Southern Pacific Transportation Company
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The Southern Pacific was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the names Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Company and Southern Pacific Transportation Company.
An EMD FP7 leads a Pacific Rail Society Special through Floriston, California, in February 1971.
SP 4449 underway, wearing the Daylight scheme (April 1981)
SP 4294 "cab-forward" locomotive
Restored SP #18 operational at Laws