RailPictures.Net Photo: SP 6003 Southern Pacific Railroad EMD E7(A) at Odell Lake, Oregon by Edward Law

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» 1949

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The well-known red, orange and black of "Daylight" was the stamp of approval among seasoned travellers in the West on July 10, 1949, when this flashy new streamliner took to the rails of the Southern Pacific for the high-speed 718 miles mountainous run between San Francisco, California, and Portland, Oregon. Posed for a pre-inaugural publicity photograph beside scenic Odell Lake in Oregon, the "Million Dollar Shasta Daylight with the Million Dollar View" bears the trademark of Southern Pacific Passenger Plush. The 15 and a half-hour schedule is, the fastest in the history of Shasta Route trains. resulted from intelligent planning by Southern Pacific passenger men, the new Cascade Line, and a long, fairly tangent stretch across the high plateau midway on the run as well as the long tangent up the Sacramento Valley at the southern end. Photo from my collection. Southern Pacific Railroad Publicity Department

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