SP 3006 at Lodi with with the Sacramento Daylight, March 1971.
(Drew Jacksich from San Jose, CA, The Republic of California, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
SACRAMENTO DAYLIGHT
The Sacramento Daylight was a named passenger train operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad, part of the family of "Daylights" which included the San Joaquin Daylight, Shasta Daylight, Coast Daylight, and Sunbeam. It carried train numbers 53 and 54.
The Southern Pacific introduced the Sacramento Daylight in 1946 as a Sacramento section of the Los Angeles—Oakland San Joaquin Daylight; the Sacramento cars were cut out at Lathrop. In 1970 the through cars ended; the train from Sacramento ran past Lathrop to Tracy and connected to the Los Angeles train there. The San Joaquin/Sacramento Daylight survived until the formation of Amtrak on May 1, 1971, when they were both discontinued.
Route of the Sacramento Daylight.
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Southern Pacific Sacramento Daylight / San Joaquin Daylight brochure.
(Southern Pacific Railroad, Public domain, via W. Lenheim Collection)
Overview
Status: Discontinued
Locale: California
First service: 1946
Last service: May 1, 1971
Former operator: Southern Pacific Railroad
Route:
Train number: 53/54
Technical
Track gauge: 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
SP 3006 at Lathrop, CA with the Sacramento Daylight.
(Drew Jacksich from San Jose, CA, The Republic of California, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)