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Re: 1937 SP film, "Daylighting the Padres' Trail"
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 07-30-2016 - 09:47
mook Wrote:
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> 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.
The running time was 9' 45" (8:15 AM - 6:00 PM) in both directions. Glendale was indeed a regular station stop.
The film is supposed to portray a westbound trip, but a number of the scenes are actually eastbound.
It gives the impression that the train served the immediate Monterey area. I wonder how many potential passengers were startled when they found out they'd have to ride a bus?
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> 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.
The running time was 9' 45" (8:15 AM - 6:00 PM) in both directions. Glendale was indeed a regular station stop.
The film is supposed to portray a westbound trip, but a number of the scenes are actually eastbound.
It gives the impression that the train served the immediate Monterey area. I wonder how many potential passengers were startled when they found out they'd have to ride a bus?
