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Re: 1937 SP film, "Daylighting the Padres' Trail"
Author: mook
Date: 07-29-2016 - 21:50
Good show. Thanks!
Interesting that it was 9 hours. I suspect that it didn't actually run a lot faster than Amtrak does now in most spots. Not many places on the Coast route, then or now, that are good for much more than 70. Did spot one thing, though: first stop out of LA is Santa Barbara! Hmmm; thought Glendale was on the timetable too, but maybe that was only a flag stop for the celebrities. That means the Daylight stopped, probably only at Santa Barbara, SLO, Salinas, San Jose, and Palo Alto, right? Missing all those extra stops Amtrak does (Paso Robles, Oxnard, etc.) and going up the Peninsula instead of over to Oakland would definitely speed things up if the dispatcher and other train crews did everything right in keeping other stuff out of the way. Plus, of course, back then there was no really picky enforcement of the speed limit if things got a little behind.
The air horn was dubbed in when they showed the train passing, whether or not there was a crossing there. Interesting that they always used it, though, and not the steam whistle.
Interesting that it was 9 hours. I suspect that it didn't actually run a lot faster than Amtrak does now in most spots. Not many places on the Coast route, then or now, that are good for much more than 70. Did spot one thing, though: first stop out of LA is Santa Barbara! Hmmm; thought Glendale was on the timetable too, but maybe that was only a flag stop for the celebrities. That means the Daylight stopped, probably only at Santa Barbara, SLO, Salinas, San Jose, and Palo Alto, right? Missing all those extra stops Amtrak does (Paso Robles, Oxnard, etc.) and going up the Peninsula instead of over to Oakland would definitely speed things up if the dispatcher and other train crews did everything right in keeping other stuff out of the way. Plus, of course, back then there was no really picky enforcement of the speed limit if things got a little behind.
The air horn was dubbed in when they showed the train passing, whether or not there was a crossing there. Interesting that they always used it, though, and not the steam whistle.
