The Coast Daylight departing San Jose behind two of SP's "torpedo boat" GP9's
Torpedo boat GP9 3006 goes on the turntable on a fairly typical early 70’s scene at the San Jose roundhouse in August 1972. The car on the right is likely a Firebird Formula 400.
The shortest Daylight both in consist and distance was the Sacramento Daylight. Running from its namesake city to Lathrop (then later to Tracy) making a connection with the "San Joaquin Daylight".... (more)
It is Easter Sunday, 1971, as #3006 readies to leave Sacramento for Tracy with the Sacramento Daylight. The connection with the San Joaquin Daylight had been moved to Tracy from Lathrop the previo... (more)
The Sacramento Daylight was a connecting train for the San Joaquin Daylight, meeting at Lathrop and, towards the end, at Tracy. The train is seen stopping at Lodi with only a few weeks left before... (more)
The Sacramento Daylight makings it stop at the Lodi depot. It is on its way to make a connection with the San Joaquin Daylight at Tracy. The meet had been done at Lathrop but during the last year ... (more)