SJ Daylight ran from Oakland via Martinez, Pittsburg, Tracy, Lathrop, Modesto, etc. Not on the west side line.




mook Wrote:
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> Followup on the San Joaquin area SP speeds: some
> of the Steffee speed listings for SP were on the
> Westside line (around Dos Palos iirc - need to
> find the box of old TRAINS to see if I still have
> any of the speed survey issues in one piece),
> which isn't even complete any more. Apparently
> some San Joaquin Daylights ran that way to Fresno,
> bypassing Modesto/Merced etc. Most apparently did
> run the main line, though, given a number of
> listings in the Lathrop vicinity. Not sure where
> they ran north/west of Tracy - did they run up to
> Martinez, or did they switch over to the Altamont
> line? Remember, this was in the 1940s/50s/early
> 60s, when the SJ Valley was still very country
> rather than the sub/exurban it is now at the north
> end, and most people actually knew to look before
> using a rural grade crossing.