Southern Pacific Daylights
When you hear the phrase "Southern Pacific Daylights" you think of Southern
Pacific 4-8-4 number 4449 and others of that class, right? Did you know
that the Southern Pacific decorated a number of other locomotives in the
same red, orange and black "Daylight" livery?
Classes GS-2 through GS-5 4-8-4s
50 of the 70 Southern Pacific GS class 4-8-4s were painted in the "Daylight"
paint scheme. There were slight differences between the classes but for the
most part, they all had a similar appearance. See this
page for the specific differences between the classes. These classes
were made famous by number 4449 which resides in Portland, OR.
Class A-6 4-4-2s
In 1927 and 1928 the Sacramento and the Los Angeles Shops each rebuilt two
A-3 locomotives into A-6 locomotives. Two of these were later painted in
the red and orange daylight paint scheme and assigned to the Sacramento
Daylight, a Sacramento-Lathrop section of the San Juaquin Daylight.
By 1952 all four were scrapped.
| Original Number | New Number | Shops | Year | Paint |
|---|
| 3058 | 3000 | Sacramento Shops | 1927 | Daylight |
| 3063 | 3001 | Sacramento Shops | 1927 | Daylight |
| 3031 | 3002 | Los Angeles Shops | 1928 | black |
| 3039 | 3003 | Los Angeles Shops | 1928 | black |
Class P-10 4-6-2s
Three of the class P-10 Pacifics were streamlined with skyline casings
and side skirts in 1941. #2484-2486 were used to haul the San Joaquin
Daylight between Oakland and Bakersfield" Connelly's Baldwin list shows
5 road numbers that were altered (2481-2482, 2488-2489, 2491).
T&NO Class P-14 4-6-2s
Three ex SP P-6s (650-652) were rebuilt and streamlined in 1937 for the
Sunbeam and the Hustler.
SP Class MT-4 4-8-2s
In the late 1940's five of the SP Mountains were repainted in a
"Daylight" paint scheme for use on trains number 51 and 52 of the San
Joaquin Daylight.
