Mike Pechner real name Wrote:
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> NWP Overnight trains #1 and #2 San Rafael to
> Eureka had Pullman sleepers until the Summer of
> 1956 when they were abolished due to the inception
> of the tri-weekly pocket streamliner "The
> Redwood."

Actually the NWP overnight trains with Pullman service were #3 and #4.

#1 and #2 were the day trains which were dropped long before 1956.

A photo caption showing an NWP Historical Society calendar's photos shows part of #2's daytime schedule:

Quote:

Bound for Eureka, Train 2 pulled by No 139, charges up the grade toward Tunnel 3 near Greenbrae. The train left Sausalito at 8:20 am, will be at San Rafael at 8:45. It will terminate at Eureka, 267 miles farther, at 7 in the evening.

When the "Redwood" was introduced, NWP used #'s 3 and 4 rather than going back to the day train numbers. They kept using #'s 3&4 when the RDC ran from Willits to Eureka.