TRAINS, TRAINS, TRAINS, ((HD)) Southern Pacific ~ Daylight Express: Coaches Discovered...

[douggoud]

I too saw a few Southern Pacific coaches like these on a vacation up to Oregon (which suprised me to no end), they were across the street from the Oregon science center thing (the name escapes me, but I think its initials are OSTC, or something clever like that). There were also some santa fe coaches and some old union pacific coaches. It was wierd to see them all there, but it was pretty cool, they had a bunch of christmas stuff in them, for what reason I have no idea, lol

[love4winter]

I really like collecting model trains. I most hugged my MTH HO Daylight, because the Daylight is my favorite train of all. When I saw those poor beat up cars I wanted to know why they were there. One question ran through my mind after watching this video.

Why aren't those southern pacific coach cars in Ohio the state the Daylight was built in.

[WPRR1]

There are also some abandoned SP Daylight coaches in the small Irish town above Geyserville.

[rocketcar101]

Google;

Eureka Southern, formed to haul freight and run excursion trains.

Forestville train buff and collector Neil T. Ferguson supplied the passenger cars he called the Northcoast Daylight, leftovers from SP’s distinctive orange fleet that whizzed up and down the coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles as the Daylight and the Starlight. (These are the abandoned cars at Willits and Asti that are currently being offered for sale.)

Sierra Western Rail Corporation

Located in Forestville, CA

[trainmanjg611]

What will happen  2 daylight coaches will 4449 use again?

[myjuto369]

lol haunted coaches

[ngauget]

Sad to see this. These cars belong restored in a place where all can enjoy. I for one am going to write some letters on this one! I can't believe this could happen to something that is so much a part of the heritage and history of our Country. No one seems to care about that anymore. Pretty sad!

[ngauget]

Being a Model railroader and loving the daylight, this brings tears to my eyes to see! If I could win the lottery, I would rescue them myself! I am going to write museums to see if anyone can rescue these cars. As all history, these are part of our heritage and need a home. It is really sad to see them rusting away. It's almost like they are hiding them?

[Big1unionpacific]

No they can't. i have an idea, restore the cars and move tem to lima,ohio the birth place of the DAYLIGHT

[Big1unionpacific]

No they can't. i have an idea restore the cars and move tem to lima,ohio the birth place of the DAYLIGHT

[nsglc1985]

Why would the Musem Scrap those cars ?

[KingofTomedy]

These would look BEAUTIFUL behind the Southern Pacific Daylight #4449 today. No need for mismatched passenger cars behind her anymore.

[omgwhatafag]

theres a gs-2/gs-64 northern pacific that is abandoned/neglected over on the east coast...ive only seen pictures of it but I wish the musuem that owns it would stop neglecting it and either repair it or sell it to the ppl who own the daylight right now...its becoming very bad...but right now its fixible...

id love to see another daylight doing runs!

[phillonly]

how many coaches were there in the strip u found?

[spfilms4449]

who owns these coaches?!?!?!?!?!

[HunterR909]

sign says " Private Property " did you happen to find out whose property it was?

Whether or not the owner of the property still wanted them or not??

[cmwfamily]

It is very sad to see them rusting to pieces. My grandfather and i built a model train set when i was young and the only thing i have left from it is the daylight engine and coaches. im going to rebuild the set with my son when he gets older. my family is still in ca. and if its still there the next time i visit im going to see the coaches. thx for the video

[DanielVolker]

sighs* ALL of fthe Daylight cars we used for the Louisinana trips thru 1991 were PRIVATLY owned, thus they were scattered to the wind!

[ThomasRivette]

You gotta show this to Doyle and the guys.

[ColumbiaAndHoodRiver]

@ThomasRivette i just e-mailed Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation this video

[ThomasRivette]

OH MY GOD, those were part of the Louisiana World's Fair Daylight.

Where did you find them?

[RailRoadWorker18]

Hey do you know the music used in the Daylight Express movie 1994 I think it is? also the music sounds like a western song with a hermonca and trumpits and stuf

[gerardange]

It would be real nice... if a Museum would be interested in Restoring that history that is now rusting away. Ren, you live up there. Maybe "The Scotia Museum" if approached would be interested? Those tracks lead right to the front of the Museum in Scotia. They also have a Narrow Gauge engine parked there too. It's a perfect fit! That Daylight Express when restored, would be a Beautiful addition and wonderful tourist attraction to add to a bright future to theTown of Scotia.

[RensFootprints]

where is that old coach car stored at?

[gerardange]

South> of the town of Scotia then Aprox~1/2 mile North> of the 101 bridge over the Eel River. It's parked on a track hidden in the forest behind locked gates parked on "private property".

I have a satellite photo that I had to enhance the image to bring out the train.. At the time the photo was taken there was cloud cover over that area, clouding the view of the satellite. After the enhancement, the photo now shows the train clearly. I can send you a copy if you like.

[RensFootprints]

Cool, I am from the Garberville area so I know where that is. I remember seeing trains running in the early nineties in Humboldt but obviously that ended around that time. I'm not sure trains are the answer to Humboldt's economic woes, but I do enjoy seeing what they used to do out there. I am in Tokyo now and ride trains every day!

[pdxsteam]

brought a tear to my eye