Broadway Limited Imports is bringing you a highly accurate, outstandingly detailed passenger set that will live up to Daylight legend. The Morning Daylight was two separate trains, #98 and #99. Each operated as a unit train and cars were not normally added or removed, but for extra capacity, chair car pairs were added. The two trains left San Francisco and Los Angeles at 8am, passed each other in the neighborhood of San Luis Obispo, and arrived around 6pm. Often called the most beautiful train in the world, BLI has modeled both consists.

Southern Pacific Coast Daylight History

The Coast Daylight was a passenger train originally run by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) between the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, via SP's Coast Line. In the eyes of many, the "most beautiful passenger train in the world" featured a stunning red, orange, and black color scheme.

The Coast Daylight had its inaugural run on March 1, 1937 and was hauled by GS-2 steam locomotives. It was the first one of the Daylight series of the Southern Pacific passenger trains that also included the San Joaquin Daylight, the Shasta Daylight, the Sacramento Daylight, and the Sunset Limited.

The Coast Daylight ran behind steam from March 1937 until it was dieselized on January 7, 1955. After dieselization, the train continued to run until 1971, when Amtrak took over service and rerouted their Coast Daylight to Oakland. A second train known as the Noon Daylight ran on the same route between 1940 and 1949, with a suspension during World War II. In 1949, the Noon Daylight was replaced by an overnight train known as the Starlight using the same equipment.

In 1956, coaches from the Starlight were added to the all-Pullman Lark and the Starlight was discontinued in 1957. Amtrak revived the train name for its Los Angeles to Seattle service known as the Coast Starlight.

Equipment Used On Southern Pacific The Coast Daylight:

Southern Pacific Coast Daylight Train #98 San Francisco to Los Angeles

• Baggage Chair, Antenna #3302
• Articulated Chair #2462 & 2461
• Articulated Chair #2474 & 2473
• Chair #2485
• Parlor #3002
• Parlor, Observation, Antenna #2954
• Articulated Coffee #10258
• Kitchen #10257
• Diner #10256
• Tavern, Antenna #10314
• Articulated Chair # 2458 & 2457
• Articulated chair #2460 & 2459

Southern Pacific Coast Daylight Train #99 Los Angeles to San Francisco

• Baggage Chair, Antenna #3303
• Articulated Chair  #2470 & 2469
• Articulated Chair  #2475 & 2476
• Chair #2486
• Parlor #3003
• Parlor, Observation, Antenna #2955
• Articulated Coffee #10261
• Kitchen #10260
• Diner #10256
• Tavern, Antenna #10315
• Articulated Chair # 2466 & 2465
• Articulated chair #2468 & 2457