@@Railfandepot I was fortunate enough to ride on a day light special pulled by this engine from El Paso to Tucson back in the early 80's. Thrill of a lifetime for sure.
Love those Daylights, especially the GS series locomotives in the lead. I have an HO Daylight train with Athearn cars and a Bachmann Plus GS-4. It's an approximation, at best, but I do enjoy it. The diesels I have are Athearn F-7's and then I switched to the more correct Alco PA's ( all in the Daylight paint scheme, of course ). Loved the video. Count me in.
This was a pretty train too 👉Norfolk Southern F9A #4271 Car Special (2008). An added touch of countersunk lights into the nose which provides a very nice look to the unit.
Greetings from America. From Indianapolis specifically - the home of the Indianapolis 500 race. Both Sweden *and* Glasgow are on my Gotta See list! Thank you for watching! -DeAnn
They are the most beautiful passenger trains to ever operate in the United States. They looked even better when headed up by ALCO PAs in the red, orange and black scheme. Southern Pacific went from going all out for the passengers, to wanting the passengers gone.
Very great & enjoyable video. I have the Kato N scale Daylight locomotive number 4449 & the 10 car Southern Pacific Morning Daylight train set that is used as my excursion train on my N scale Pacific West Coast model railroad. Daylight steam locomotive GS-4 number 4449 is one of my three most favorite steam locomotives, the other two are Southern Pacific AC-12 Cab forward number 4294 that is on display at the nations very best railroad museum-the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento & the other one is the J class 4-8-4 number 611 that was built by the Norfolk & Western railroad at their Roanoke, VA shops.
Awesome video and its not Sunday but I got a cup of ☕ enjoyed watching and have watched several other videos and subscribed to your channel my compliments
Sorry for the very late reply. RUclips didn't tell me you had commented.😠 Thank you for the compliment 😀 and thank you for watching! We've got new videos up now and more in the editing bay. -DeAnn
You'll get some argument from those who favor other railroads...like the Southern's Crescent Green steam locomotives, but, yeah... most people agree with you. Thanks for watching! -DeAnn
I really liked the oscillating light,(in my younger days 🥴).. Here's the information I found, but you guys already know that.. Some roads "like Santa Fe" only used oscillating headlights on passenger power, so when passenger trains went away, no new power was ordered with oscillating lights, and existing power was gradually retired or had the lights removed. The lights are a "moving part" that has to be maintained, and if it's on the locomotive, it has to be maintained in operating condition or it's a "defect" that takes the locomotive out of service. I've heard that's what finally convinced SP to dump their oscillating lights, rather than any influence from Santa Fe.
Yes, it is interesting how different railroads made these different decisions. One railroad might decide that a "Mars" light for instance was required, and needed, safety equipment...and another railroad not at all! One railroad might run high hood forward (Southern??) while everyone else scorned that practice! Of course now there are far fewer railroads and so far fewer differences. A shame really. -DeAnn
@@Railfandepot Just did a search and went to Google Earth, the oldest image for SF is 1938. The Mission Bay facility and Bayshore yard are not the same place. The Mission Bay facility located at south east of Mission Creek Channel, there was a round house, and some tracks to store locos and cars. It's not a big facility. www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=MISSION_BAY Bayshore yard is right out of SF, and now I think I can confirm 1:49 is Bayshore yard. www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?media/southern-pacific-bayshore-rail-yard-1969.49573/
@@Railfandepot I'm from the midwest. Yes Milwaukee Roads Hiawatha was eye catching too. But I was always partial to the Art Deco era. The Burlington Zephyr was very flashy. Guess I just like shiny things. Lol
@@scotteakins7203 I've seen the Zephyr at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago - it is very shiny! I do love the Art Deco fluting. I think they have the Pioneer Zephyr train set on display? -DeAnn
If only 4449 can run through the coast line again it'll be history happening again but sadly cant anymore. Also id like to see doyle and the crew get 4460 even though she is not painted in daylight colors she represent the gs-2s and gs-3s very nicely.
Yes, because of laws in some of the bigger cities, the many tunnels (and Cab Forwards), the SP had many oil burners. -Tim (Sorry for the delay in answering.)
The SP Daylight passenger trains were very handsome looking passenger consists with their featured "daylight" paint scheme, they were lead by the equally attractive GS 2,3,4 and 5 class 4-8-4 type locomotives. I am glad that SP 4449 still exists along with engine 4460 (GS 6), however I do wish that at least one GS-(2 or 3) class engine would have been preserved for display, the "single headlight" daylight style locomotive has a unique appearance from my personal judgement.
So you’re telling me... the daylight, a Steam engine in the 50s could reach speeds of 110 mph while the modern GE P42 can only reach 10 more than that?
When DeAnn appears in the video with the train, she is in from of a green screen. Actually it is a green wall. Not only is she not old enough to appear in front of trains from the 1950s, but that would be dangerous to be that close. :-) -Tim (Video Editor)
@@Railfandepot what program are you guys using to edit videos. Primarily use Adobe premiere pro which it is the industry standard for film. I'm having issues with my model trains not coming out correctly when running them in front of the green screen. I'm getting a lot of image noise every time i shoot in front of the green screen.
@@asbmp Green screen can be tough sometimes. We use Vegas Pro. I've used Avid and Premiere, but for my current work Vegas Pro is the right mix of expensive and features. :-) I found the videos below to be excellent on green screen technique. -Tim ruclips.net/video/ImQx1KSAOAk/видео.html ruclips.net/video/wIXWnTyY__U/видео.html ruclips.net/video/OH8TWTt51W8/видео.html
So weird to hear the southbound Daylight called “eastbound”, and the northbound called “westbound”. Look at a map; LA is further east and SF is further west.
Yes, but as I suspect you know, direction on a railroad is not dictated by a map, but rather by the ultimate direction of the track. Something can be "Railroad East" and still be south on a map. -Tim
Todays ugly Amtrak locomotives cannot hold a candle to the SP locomotives, steam or diesel. Born in '48 in Glendale, lived in Burbank in the early 50's when these GS-4's could be heard at RR crossings in the distance at night. They lulled me to sleep. The most beautiful 'sounding ' locomotives ever.
They sound good, they look good, they ran good...but I have to say these brand new Amtrak "Charger" locomotives, especially in nearly all black have grabbed my attention. Thank you for watching! -DeAnn media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/300-301-HQ-M.Donnelly-1229-scaled.jpg
They weren’t, by a long shot. At least not on the inside. In the late nineties, an SF train museum (at the recently defunct naval shipyard at Hunters Point) assembled the better part of a nearly full consist of a Daylight train. I got to see them. While interesting, I’d have to stop well short of beautiful. Lots of linoleum in sunny colors, and vinyl upholstery in the same. More bright Formica. But nothing else, really. They were cheerful, and like a lot of deco spaces, managed to look at once modern (or at least contemporary) AND dowdy. Frumpy. The interiors did not carry the exterior theme inside
I always wondered what happened to the caboose, (remember my brother worked on the railroad Santa Fe for 17 years).. Cabooses were used on every freight train in the United States until the1980s, when safety laws requiring the presence of cabooses and full crews were relaxed. Developments in monitoring and safety technology, such as lineside defect detectors and end-of-train devices, resulted in crew reductions and the phasing out of caboose cars. "Nowadays" however, they are generally only used on rail maintenance or hazardous materials trains, as a platform for crew on industrial spur lines when it is required to make long reverse movements, or on heritage and tourist railroads..
Yes, Christina, you got it right...now only on long back up moves is a caboose required. Though you can still find a "transfer" caboose still being used on a regular basis in large urban areas when trains run between yards and such. -DeAnn
The Great Southern Pacific RR !!!! A First Class American Railroad 👏 and those Lima Steam Locomotives just Beautiful! 😘
You, pretty in blue ✝️👍🌹..
Thank you for another fantastic video..
Beautiful scenery..
🙋 Hi there Christina!! 👩 -DeAnn
The daylight had the best livery and those coaches were great.
Yes, that livery is *both* pretty and powerful! Thanks for watching. -DeAnn
I lived on he mainline north of Glendale. SP reigned supreme over our back fence.
I could watch this all day
Please do! :-) -DeAnn
Don't forget there's a preserved Daylight locomotive that was restored and still operational and that is 4449!
Oh yes, and it runs fairly often! We'll do a video on the 4449 one of these days. -DeAnn
@@Railfandepot That would be nice! :)
@@Railfandepot I was fortunate enough to ride on a day light special pulled by this engine from El Paso to Tucson back in the early 80's. Thrill of a lifetime for sure.
@@s.leemccauley7302 Thanks for sharing a great memory! :-) -DeAnn
My favorite train
Thank you for sharing this video I wish I could see the whole thing
Glad you enjoyed it! You can see the whole thing, check out the link below. -DeAnn
rfd.video/SPDaylight
What a beautiful train ❤️ love this southern Pacific daylight. She's beautiful. The mother of all southern Pacific locomotives
Thanks for watching! -DeAnn
Love those Daylights, especially the GS series locomotives in the lead. I have an HO Daylight train with Athearn cars and a Bachmann Plus GS-4. It's an approximation, at best, but I do enjoy it. The diesels I have are Athearn F-7's and then I switched to the more correct Alco PA's ( all in the Daylight paint scheme, of course ). Loved the video. Count me in.
Thanks for watching! We're glad to have you. -DeAnn
Just bought a Piko Daylight set in G Scale. Not accurate but very pretty.
This was a pretty train too 👉Norfolk Southern F9A #4271 Car Special (2008). An added touch of countersunk lights into the nose which provides a very nice look to the unit.
Love "my" Milwaukee Road, but I need to get this one! 😍🥰😎
Greetings from a Swede in Glasgow, Scotland....👋🏻
Greetings from America. From Indianapolis specifically - the home of the Indianapolis 500 race. Both Sweden *and* Glasgow are on my Gotta See list! Thank you for watching! -DeAnn
Southern Pacific Daylights.
This is my son's favorite train
They are the most beautiful passenger trains to ever operate in the United States. They looked even better when headed up by ALCO PAs in the red, orange and black scheme.
Southern Pacific went from going all out for the passengers, to wanting the passengers gone.
That paint scheme, still alive today on the 4449, is a beautiful - and appropriate to the era and purpose - gift of history. -DeAnn
Nice job, thanks.
Thank you for watching! -DeAnn
Great steam video thanks
Happy to oblige. :-) -DeAnn
Indeed. They were the most attractive livery, too!
It is indeed a beautiful paint scheme. And one that was quite attuned to a steam engine's lines. -DeAnn
Very great & enjoyable video. I have the Kato N scale Daylight locomotive number 4449 & the 10 car Southern Pacific Morning Daylight train set that is used as my excursion train on my N scale Pacific West Coast model railroad. Daylight steam locomotive GS-4 number 4449 is one of my three most favorite steam locomotives, the other two are Southern Pacific AC-12 Cab forward number 4294 that is on display at the nations very best railroad museum-the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento & the other one is the J class 4-8-4 number 611 that was built by the Norfolk & Western railroad at their Roanoke, VA shops.
Full size an in 1/160th size - the Daylight is a beautiful passenger set! Thank you for watching! -DeAnn
Awesome video and its not Sunday but I got a cup of ☕ enjoyed watching and have watched several other videos and subscribed to your channel my compliments
Sorry for the very late reply. RUclips didn't tell me you had commented.😠 Thank you for the compliment 😀 and thank you for watching! We've got new videos up now and more in the editing bay. -DeAnn
Best-looking American engines and trains.
You'll get some argument from those who favor other railroads...like the Southern's Crescent Green steam locomotives, but, yeah... most people agree with you. Thanks for watching! -DeAnn
Impressive and amazing
I agree. Thanks for watching! -DeAnn
I really liked the oscillating light,(in my younger days 🥴).. Here's the information I found, but you guys already know that..
Some roads "like Santa Fe" only used oscillating headlights on passenger power, so when passenger trains went away, no new power was ordered with oscillating lights, and existing power was gradually retired or had the lights removed.
The lights are a "moving part" that has to be maintained, and if it's on the locomotive, it has to be maintained in operating condition or it's a "defect" that takes the locomotive out of service.
I've heard that's what finally convinced SP to dump their oscillating lights, rather than any influence from Santa Fe.
Yes, it is interesting how different railroads made these different decisions. One railroad might decide that a "Mars" light for instance was required, and needed, safety equipment...and another railroad not at all! One railroad might run high hood forward (Southern??) while everyone else scorned that practice! Of course now there are far fewer railroads and so far fewer differences. A shame really. -DeAnn
We take so many things for granted not aware that one day these great trains would be gone forever. :-(
So true. So very true. When I think I think of all the trains I should have photographed.... sigh. -Tim
At 5:30 it shows Santa Clara station .It still looks much the same.
Thank you for that. It's nice to know. Thank you for watching! -DeAnn
Sooo beautifully classis...
Thank you for sharing ..😎
Thank you for watching! -DeAnn
1:49, Is this the Bayshore yard? And is the commuter train the Caltrain today?
I believe this is the yard at the SP's Mission Bay facility...is that the same as the Bayshore Yard? I'm not an SP/Caltrain expert. -Tim
@@Railfandepot Just did a search and went to Google Earth, the oldest image for SF is 1938. The Mission Bay facility and Bayshore yard are not the same place. The Mission Bay facility located at south east of Mission Creek Channel, there was a round house, and some tracks to store locos and cars. It's not a big facility.
www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=MISSION_BAY
Bayshore yard is right out of SF, and now I think I can confirm 1:49 is Bayshore yard.
www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?media/southern-pacific-bayshore-rail-yard-1969.49573/
@@pqhkr2002 Cool! Thank you for the information. I'll keep that in my back pocket for further use! :-) -Tim
@2:26 what the heck is that guy reaching for? Cheers!
Good catch! And good question! He's halfway out the window! -DeAnn
Nice
Lima locomotive made some beautiful steam power ahead of its time Bill
It’s my favorite train
It is a beautiful train, no doubt about that. -DeAnn
Can you do a video of a cab ride of the Maryland Midland
@@theoldbayrailfan I'll look,but I'm not sure our archive includes a cab ride on the MM. -Tim
Ok
They were Flashy, Eye Catching, & Fast. But beautiful? Guess that's for the eye of the beholder.
Yes, most definitely. Another train set I would call beautiful would be the old Milwaukee Road Hiawatha trains. Do you have a train in mind? -DeAnn
@@Railfandepot I'm from the midwest. Yes Milwaukee Roads Hiawatha was eye catching too. But I was always partial to the Art Deco era. The Burlington Zephyr was very flashy. Guess I just like shiny things. Lol
@@scotteakins7203 I've seen the Zephyr at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago - it is very shiny! I do love the Art Deco fluting. I think they have the Pioneer Zephyr train set on display? -DeAnn
If only 4449 can run through the coast line again it'll be history happening again but sadly cant anymore. Also id like to see doyle and the crew get 4460 even though she is not painted in daylight colors she represent the gs-2s and gs-3s very nicely.
Agreed! Thanks for watching! -DeAnn
Another interesting video! Lima locomotives at their best! Thanks.
Yep... a Lima-built! From Lima, Ohio to San Francisco, California. -Tim
Are some of those southern Pacific Engine Oil Burners?
Yes, because of laws in some of the bigger cities, the many tunnels (and Cab Forwards), the SP had many oil burners. -Tim (Sorry for the delay in answering.)
Do you know that the Southern Pacific daylight 4449 has a 6 chime?
The SP Daylight passenger trains were very handsome looking passenger consists with their featured "daylight" paint scheme, they were lead by the equally attractive GS 2,3,4 and 5 class 4-8-4 type locomotives. I am glad that SP 4449 still exists along with engine 4460 (GS 6), however I do wish that at least one GS-(2 or 3) class engine would have been preserved for display, the "single headlight" daylight style locomotive has a unique appearance from my personal judgement.
So you’re telling me... the daylight, a Steam engine in the 50s could reach speeds of 110 mph while the modern GE P42 can only reach 10 more than that?
Yes. :-) That's the simple answer. Speed was more of a goal then...and of course track was maintained to meet that goal. -Tim
Yes I guess so. At least they are working on reducing pollution
Trains are hot and so are you Deann
Thank you for the compliment. For an old gal, I can still clean up good. :-) -DeAnn
@@Railfandepot old I thought you were 35 yrs old
@@edwardfoehring8827 A lady never reveals her age, but, kind sir,...I may have passed 35 a few years ago. :-) -DeAnn
Are you actually shooting close by the trains or is it all done behind the green screen?
lol
When DeAnn appears in the video with the train, she is in from of a green screen. Actually it is a green wall. Not only is she not old enough to appear in front of trains from the 1950s, but that would be dangerous to be that close. :-) -Tim (Video Editor)
@@Railfandepot what program are you guys using to edit videos. Primarily use Adobe premiere pro which it is the industry standard for film. I'm having issues with my model trains not coming out correctly when running them in front of the green screen. I'm getting a lot of image noise every time i shoot in front of the green screen.
@@asbmp Green screen can be tough sometimes. We use Vegas Pro. I've used Avid and Premiere, but for my current work Vegas Pro is the right mix of expensive and features. :-) I found the videos below to be excellent on green screen technique. -Tim
ruclips.net/video/ImQx1KSAOAk/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/wIXWnTyY__U/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/OH8TWTt51W8/видео.html
@@Railfandepot Actually watch carefully, a bit green color can be seen on the contour of her face.
Wow, awesome 👌 👏
Booyah, 👊😁👍🇺🇲
Thank you for watching! -DeAnn
What was the manufacturer of those marvels?
Daylight is the Best staem train and the Best southern paciflc train
Thanks so much for watching! -DeAnn
So weird to hear the southbound Daylight called “eastbound”, and the northbound called “westbound”. Look at a map; LA is further east and SF is further west.
Yes, but as I suspect you know, direction on a railroad is not dictated by a map, but rather by the ultimate direction of the track. Something can be "Railroad East" and still be south on a map. -Tim
THERE WAS MORE THAN 1 DAYLIGHT!?! why did I not notice at first
Are you the same company as Pentrex?
Nope. Different company. Same hometown now, but different company. -Tim
When SP still wanted to haul passengers.
When the railroads of America could compete with autos and planes. It was serious money then and so serious business too! Thanks for watching! -DeAnn
Subbed
Thank you so much! We have more shows in the works. -DeAnn
She the Daylight is the train with the Most Bueaty.
It is indeed a beautiful train set! -DeAnn
If it’s running up and down the coast of California, it’s gotta be pretty
flying scottman: am i a joke to u
Oh, my... the Flying Scotsman is indeed a beautiful locomotive, especially with a matched set of cars lined up behind her!! -DeAnn
@@Railfandepot ik
Todays ugly Amtrak locomotives cannot hold a candle to the SP locomotives, steam or diesel.
Born in '48 in Glendale, lived in Burbank in the early 50's when these GS-4's could be heard at RR crossings in the distance at night. They lulled me to sleep.
The most beautiful 'sounding ' locomotives ever.
They sound good, they look good, they ran good...but I have to say these brand new Amtrak "Charger" locomotives, especially in nearly all black have grabbed my attention. Thank you for watching! -DeAnn
media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/300-301-HQ-M.Donnelly-1229-scaled.jpg
They weren’t, by a long shot. At least not on the inside. In the late nineties, an SF train museum (at the recently defunct naval shipyard at Hunters Point) assembled the better part of a nearly full consist of a Daylight train.
I got to see them.
While interesting, I’d have to stop well short of beautiful. Lots of linoleum in sunny colors, and vinyl upholstery in the same. More bright Formica. But nothing else, really. They were cheerful, and like a lot of deco spaces, managed to look at once modern (or at least contemporary) AND dowdy. Frumpy. The interiors did not carry the exterior theme inside
Don't want to give Method of pressvered and services industry.
Oh, they look nice, but I'll always be partial to Norfolk & Western's J's and their maroon coaches.
Those J's did look awfully good! And 611 still does! :-) -DeAnn
sp 4449
so 4449
Daylight is not good with one light
Yes, but Daylight is good operating under steam! :-) -DeAnn
Great video. Too bad about that woman who speaks in the most revolting American accent.
I always wondered what happened to the caboose, (remember my brother worked on the railroad Santa Fe for 17 years)..
Cabooses were used on every freight train in the United States until the1980s, when safety laws requiring the presence of cabooses and full crews were relaxed. Developments in monitoring and safety technology, such as lineside defect detectors and end-of-train devices, resulted in crew reductions and the phasing out of caboose cars. "Nowadays" however, they are generally only used on rail maintenance or hazardous materials trains, as a platform for crew on industrial spur lines when it is required to make long reverse movements, or on heritage and tourist railroads..
Yes, Christina, you got it right...now only on long back up moves is a caboose required. Though you can still find a "transfer" caboose still being used on a regular basis in large urban areas when trains run between yards and such. -DeAnn