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.

Sacramento Daylight

SP 3006 with the Sacramento Daylight at Lodi on the way to Tracy in March 1971
Overview
Status	discontinued
Locale	California
First service	1946
Last service	May 1, 1971
Current operator(s)	Southern Pacific Railroad
Route
Train number(s)	53/54
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map 0mi Sacramento 27 mi 43 km Galt 36 mi 58 km Lodi 48 mi 77 km Stockton Owl & San Joaquin Daylight 58│ 93│ 93 mi 150 km Lathrop mileage change 113 mi 182 km Modesto 126 mi 203 km Turlock 151 mi 243 km Merced 184 mi 296 km Madera San Joaquin River 206 mi 332 km Fresno 250 mi 402 km Tulare 281 mi 452 km Delano 313 mi 504 km Bakersfield Tehachapi Loop 361 mi 581 km Tehachapi 381 mi 613 km Mojave 406 mi 653 km Lancaster 450 mi 724 km Saugus Newhall Pass Coast Daylight, Lark & Sunset Limited 477 mi 768 km Glendale 483 mi 777 km Los Angeles

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.[1] The San Joaquin/Sacramento Daylight survived until the formation of Amtrak on May 1, 1971, when they were both discontinued.[2]

References

1. Pyron, Jennifer (2010). Lathrop. Arcadia. p. 31.
2. Solomon, Brian (2005). Southern Pacific Passenger Trains. MBI. pp. 55, 154.