Based on units shopped during 1959 and repainted in the gray, Scarlet and white scheme for service on the City of San Francisco and other SP trains, road- and era-specific details include:

• Southern Pacific-style pilot plow
• 5-Chime air horn
• Wagon wheel radio antenna
• Dynamic brakes
• Nose MU receptacle
• Icicle breakers
• Revised side grilles