The Shasta Daylight was a Southern Pacific Railroad passenger train between Oakland Pier in Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon. It started on July 10, 1949, and was SP's third "Daylight" stream
The train west of Mount Shasta
Shasta Limited in Cow Creek Canyon c. 1900-1910
Shasta Daylight c. 1949. The train still has its EMD E7 locomotives
The train and its observation car in 1949
The Southern Pacific GS-4 is a class of semi-streamlined 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad from 1941 to 1958. A total of 28 locomotives were built by Lim
Southern Pacific GS-4 No. 4454 pulling the southbound Coast Daylight train No. 99 at San Jose, California, in 1954
Southern Pacific No. 4439
No. 4449 pulling the American Freedom Train near the Soda Mountains in 1975
Southern Pacific No. 4449 under steam at Portland Union Station in 2010