A Southern Pacific Railroad passenger train, the San Joaquin Daylight, makes a stop in Bakersfield California, as evidenced by the sign on the train station building in the background. The iconic red and orange 'daylight' livery is gone, replaced by stainless steel passenger cars with a red stripe. The rear end observation car has a big red light on top A conductor or porter stands to the left with his back to the camera. A sign to the right of the train says 'MEN AT WORK'

San Joaquin Daylight at Bakersfield, California on January 24, 1971. Amtrak is months away. Roger Puta.
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Southern Pacific EMD F7A #6203 in red and gray 'bloody nose' livery leads a passenger train stopped at a station, a man in a black uniform looks up into the locomotive's cab

Southern Pacific train #98, the Coast Daylight, in its twilight years, stops at San Jose, CA; January, 1968. Rick Burn.

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a large articulated steam locomotive pulls a freight train.

Southern Pacific AC-9 2-8-8-4 #3806 pounds through El Paso, Texas with general merchandise, sometime in 1947. Theo A. Gray photo. #trains #40s #texas #steam #SP #SoPac #Espee