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Re: Southern Pacific Commute Train Numbers
Author: Jim
Date: 04-26-2011 - 16:43

For the record, from early 1965 until 1981, when double digit train number were adopted, the commute trains had the following numbers on weekdays:

Southbound, even numbers: 108-150
Northbound, odd numbers: 113-155

Weekend only trains were:

166 - Sat only.
168 - Sat, Sun & Hol
170 - Sat only

161 - Sun & Hol
163 - Sat only
165 - Sat, Sun & Hol
167 - Sat only
169 - Sun & Hol
171 - Sun & Hol
173 - Sat only
175 - Sun & Hol

Hence, an SDP45 never pulled a train #154 and even if it did, it wouldn't have been as shown in the photo. Before the train number was eliminated in 1965, train #154 left San Francisco at 10:00pm, in the dark.

At the peak of 27 trains each way around 1954-1957, the weekday numbers were:

Southbound, even numbers: 106-158
Northbound, odd numbers: 105-157

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  Southern Pacific Drew Jacksich 04-25-2011 - 23:30
  Re: Southern Pacific Peter D. 04-26-2011 - 06:35
  Re: Southern Pacific Sam Reeves 04-26-2011 - 08:19
  Re: Southern Pacific johoff 04-26-2011 - 08:22
  Re: Southern Pacific Jim 04-26-2011 - 08:25
  Re: Southern Pacific Drew Jacksich 04-26-2011 - 09:18
  Re: Southern Pacific OPRRMS 04-26-2011 - 11:55
  Re: Southern Pacific ex-BN 04-26-2011 - 09:58
  Re: Southern Pacific J 04-26-2011 - 11:14
  Re: Southern Pacific Drew Jacksich 04-26-2011 - 12:03
  Re: Southern Pacific OPRRMS 04-26-2011 - 12:09
  Corrections J 04-26-2011 - 12:36
  Re: Southern Pacific George Andrews 04-26-2011 - 15:04
  Re: Southern Pacific Commute Train Numbers Jim 04-26-2011 - 16:43
  Re: Southern Pacific Margaret (SP fan) 04-26-2011 - 10:14
  Re: Southern Pacific Freericks 04-26-2011 - 11:44
  Re: Southern Pacific WAF 04-26-2011 - 11:54
  Re: Southern Pacific Dr Zarkoff 04-26-2011 - 17:07
  Re: Southern Pacific Mistertower 04-26-2011 - 19:18
  Re: Southern Pacific WAF 04-27-2011 - 06:37


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