Coaster (Southern Pacific Railroad train)

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Coaster
Overview
Service type Inter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
Locale California
PredecessorCoast Line Limited
First serviceFebruary 28, 1906 (1906-02-28)
Last serviceOctober 2, 1949
SuccessorStarlight
Former operator(s) Southern Pacific
Route
Termini San Francisco
Los Angeles
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
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San Francisco
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Palo Alto
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rerouted 1935
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San Jose
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San Jose Market
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Gilroy
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Watsonville Junction
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Salinas
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King City
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Paso Robles
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Santa Margarita
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San Luis Obispo
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Guadalupe
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Surf
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Santa Barbara
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Ventura
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Oxnard
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Camarillo
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Moorpark
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Glendale
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rerouted 1939
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Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Central
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Los Angeles Arcade Depot

The Coaster was a passenger train of the Southern Pacific on its coast route between Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. Service began on December 6, 1901, as daylight coach trains number 1 and 2 called the Coast Line Limited. These trains were renumbered 21 and 22 on November 15, 1902, and renamed the Coaster on February 28, 1906. Service was briefly cancelled from June 9 to December 22, 1912. Service was discontinued for a decade in December, 1916. Service resumed when sleeping cars were added to trains renumbered 69 and 70 in April, 1926, and briefly renamed the Oceanshore Express. The name Coaster was again used from September 25, 1927, until the older equipment was replaced with lightweight chair cars running as Starlight trains 94 and 95 on October 2, 1949. Diesel locomotives pulled the Starlight from January 10, 1955, until it was consolidated with the Lark on July 15, 1957. [1]

References

  1. Beebe, Lucius (1963). The Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific Railroads. Berkeley, California: Howell-North Books. pp. 624–625. ISBN   978-0831070342.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)