This was my "birthday" train: SP Daylight - March 21, 1937 Me - March 21, 1938 First train ride: Daylight (SF to LA) - March 21, 1941

Please do not remove this KZfaq! This film is apart of my childhood and I remember watching this almost everyday all day.( Not joking I was that obsessed). They removed another copy of this but please don’t remove this one.

The 4449 shaped my childhood! I don't know who'd I'd be today without this locomotive! It is indeed the most beautiful train in the world.

Once the GS-4 steamers were replaced by diesels for premium passenger service, some were used for more mundane service for a few years like the San Francisco to San Jose commuter run stripped of the fancy panels and paint. Massively overpowered for this service, and scared me as a child when they passed.

This Train was my birthday present, 1955. Glendale, Ca to Santa Barbara, Ca. Then back to Glendale the same day. It was a Sunday, I turned seven years old. The Train, at that time, was pulled by an E9 . . . . . Thanks, Dad.

That's a lovely presentation. Thank you. I never rode on THAT Daylight, as my family didn't have family/business connections to Los Angeles. However, during the 50's and early 60's, we took the Shasta Daylight to Salem, Or., each summer, to visit my grandparents. My Dad was on the "maiden voyage," of the Shasta, but I don't know the date. We would have to leave from the Oakland "Mole," as a full coastal journey from Los Angeles to Seattle precluded a direct leg into San Francisco. We would rise early, and take the ferry from San Francisco, well before sun up. It was a wonderful experience. Mt. Shasta was awesome ... almost frightening to me, because of its sheer size. And, in the summer hours, we wound through the Cascades when the sun was beginning to lower. The light, and shadows were most dramatic. I've taken the southern LA-SF, once, on AMTRAK. And, I've enjoyed the overnight trip from Emeryville, to Salem and/or Seattle, several times.

Great video of the Daylight & the history of it. My most favorite Amtrak route is the Pacific Surfliner/Coast Starlight Route. I have a Kato N scale Daylight number 4449 steam locomotive & the 10 car Morning Daylight set that I’m waiting for to be returned to me from the Kato factory in Schaumburg, IL after being repaired. The Daylight set I have is my N scale excursion train & my Amtrak set is the Coast Starlight on my N scale model railroad, the Pacific West Coast railroad. It will be focused on the 1980’s & first half of the 1990’s. It will be Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Burlington Northern, Union Pacific, Western Pacific, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific & BCRail. My ultimate goal is to have the entire West Coast railraod route from the Mexican border South of San Diego to Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Such a nice film, enjoyed it very much to watch. It´s a pitty that such wonderfull passengertrains no longer exist. It was another style of travelling and the time ran slowlier. I would like to see that those trains come back on rail to reduce airtraffic and cartraffic on long distances. People should take the time for watching sceneries and landscapes they are travelling through.

My dad Grew up with this railroad in San jose. The Railroad Itself Congraduated My Grandma On his Birth.

6/27/2022 For rail fans, this train was all about the equipment. The steam locomotives, although a normal "Northern" locomotive underneath, its dressing (colors) and streamlining made the difference. The cars, were all designed just for the trains. Everything was bright clean and well maintained too. It must have been something to see a "Daylight" passing by, at speed, let alone riding the train itself. It would be nice to have 4449 and her train out on the rails again. the UP yellow cars and 844/ 4014 are great. but the SP Daylights. well, I don't think I can express it good enough. I got to see the NYC streamliners, as a kid, I can't imagine what a Daylight was like to actually see. ;-)

This documentary is amazing, in the last part, they show me an exciting part! It's incredible!

I have this exact tape at home. Very much and enjoyable. Thanks for bringing it to KZfaq.

*Just imagine* if a full, prototypical Daylight consist was to be brought together and rebuilt to blueprint specs, steam heat and all, with the exceptions of any plain bearings being replaced with modern rollers but leaving the journal boxes in tact, and 4449 was to haul it on all the routes that Daylight trains ran along. Wouldn't that be a fantastically foam-worthy endeavor and resulting sight? Edit 2: One could also have 6051 and two repainted E9B's take over at certain points, and have the four all working together at certain points, like the Cuesta Grade. Edit 1: Added in "with the exceptions of any plain bearings being replaced with modern rollers but leaving the journal boxes in tact", and then put the note in.

Saw her parked overnite at Whitefish, Mt a few years ago; bellowing steam the next morning frightened my young granddaughter when blowing her cylinders.

Huh, never thought i'd see this amazing tape on KZfaq. Thank you!

I never rode the Morning Daylight but I did ride the Shasta Daylight between Oakland and Dunsmuir CA back in the early 1950's. Twice my mother, younger brother and I traveled north to visit my aunt (mother's sister) who lived in Siskiyou County California.

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing this with us.

Love it! Just got my new N scale 4449 to replace the older generation 4450 from Kato. I run a lot of it on my layout. Just posted one of it passing an Alco PA/B/ A Shasta Daylight. I love this film, it inspires me.

0:09 kinda reminds me of the Shining Time Station TV Show intro

Thanks for a great video,very interesting and informational === I really enjoyed it

This is Freking Incredible

36:11 By far the best shot of a GS-4 to date!

I rode this train to San Francisco in the mid fifties as a 10 yr old boy. Started my love of trains.

I live on the east coast and this is my FAVORITE steam locomotive!

Those were the days.....

Wow I never saw the daylight in person but wow it was beautiful a beauty of a train I had made up stories in my mind I had one of these on my own railroad

Cool! I have the DVD version of this program.

Dn Olsen has b a great railroad films producer. He is a very highly regarded gentleman.

Interesting presentation.

The Ending Song is called "Industrial March" By The Music Bakery

Interesting how The Daylight did the trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 10 hrs, but the present Coast Starlight takes twice as long or more.

4449 is my son's favorite locomotive

Been on that train when I lived in San Carlos. Road into San Francisco.

Railroading will never be the same.

And this, friends, is why the Ballad of Southern Pacific exists.

I’d rather ride on rails than roads or air, so much more relaxing 😌

I have this dvd. These guys also did one on the super chief. I wonder if they were making a series out of em

36:18 Dylan's SP 6 Chime Whistle Southern Pacific Scenic Railroad

What if 6051 and 4449 took a daylight train. 6051 In the back and 4449 in the front, On the trip back 6051 would take the lead

Oh, this is one of the only time I would travel to if I had the chance, such a beautiful train! With a beautiful locomotive to pull it along at 90 miles an hour! In fact, I prefer the GS class over the diesels that replaced it any day! Oh, to see this thing roaring down the track, would be such a thrilling experience!

Chuck Johnson a friends Father was an Engineer on other trains and this one when it was in San Luis Obispo , There is a spur in San Luis Obispo Depot named for him...very well loved man that lived next door to the San Luis Obispo depot...passed away many years ago...

Very interesting. I like it! If you get a chance watch the 3part series "Atlas Shrugged" (Amz. Prime) Some awesome train action. Gov't takeover via Amtrak made me think of the movie. Maybe you will like it.

1:15 this is the same music track that was used in National Parks of The West by Train.

I Like The SP 4449 The GS4 4-8-4 Northern

If the scenery makes this train the “most beautiful railroad in the world” I’d say that’s a subjective statement at best. If we’re talking about the train? No way. I saw the cars from this train at Hunter’s Point in San Francisco, in the very late nineties. I was surprised (not entirely pleasantly) at how austere the train was, inside. Lots of bright colors, and modern materials (like formica and linoleum) but nothing like, say, the Queen Mary, or the 20th Century Limited.

It seems to me that the Espee first neglected the passenger service, then they neglected the whole darn railroad and had to merge with the UP, this IS my own opinion, of course!

I love the Daylight and its route but calling it the most beautiful train in the world or even "streamlined" is a stretch. Compared to the streamlined locomotives of the UP, NY Central, Pennsy, Milwaukee etc, the Daylight locos were only minimally streamlined. They look like standard steam engines with a bit of a side panel and smooth cow catcher.

They should make a new daylight train

The Daylight is a nice-looking locomotive. However, I'm still partial to the New York Central Hudson - streamlined & un-streamlined. ❤❤

🎶 people stared in ah and wonder they were fast and sleek and full of thunder they followed the path of smoke and fire they were all and they were called streamliners 🎶

Unfortunately, the Lima works is now nothing but an empty field.

Time stamp for Richard saying 90+

7 ………………… 7 daylight’s my golly

Everyone forgets 4460

36:12

I have seen the 4449 in real life

Burt Gummer is a railfan!?!?!?

Not even!. U.P. #844 is a world record holder, and raced #4449 up a canyon. #4449 had to stop because the pressure was too much to handle. And #844 steamed on to las Vegas. Union Pacific wins yet Again!. Truth. BullyBilly.

I tried to watch this but the ads were just overwhelming. I gave up in less than 20 minutes after ads showing every 4-5 minutes. It sucked!

Sick of these stupid covid commercials while I’m watching the video. Propaganda.