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Southern Pacific "Morning Daylight" Passenger Cars

Prototype Information:

In the 1940�s, the Southern Pacific �Morning Daylight� was possibly the world�s most beautiful train, its orange and red striping being reserved for the SP�s premier train lines. This �Morning Daylight� consist ran between Los Angeles and San Francisco along the beautiful California coast, past cities such as Ventura, Santa Barbara, Salinas and San Jose. Heading up the �Morning Daylight� was the specially built steam locomotive, the GS-4, one of the most well known steam engines ever built.


Click the above image to see the full consist layout for the 18 car "Morning Daylight" Passenger Train!

Model Features:

  • Unique tooling for each specific car type, with appropriate exterior AND details installed
  • Articulated cars (Coaches and the three-car Coffee shop/Kitchen/Diner) use a movable exterior diaphragm to create the accurate, smoothly connected appearance of the prototype
  • Shock Absorber equipped trucks create a smoother ride and consistent electrical pickup when using interior lighting kits.
  • Observation car has lighted drumhead and marker lights
  • Fully detailed interiors can be lit with optional V2 Interior lighting kit with LED #11-211/11-212
  • Interior Lights can be controlled on DCC with the optional FR11 DCC decoder, while the end observation lights gain on/off control on DCC via an optional FL12 decoder.
  • Can be pulled by Kato's GS-4 Steam Locomotive

Car Types; click for higher resolution images


Baggage-Chair Car

Coffee Shop

Kitchen Car

Dining Car

Chair Car

Articulated Chair

Articulated Chair w/ Radio Antenna

Tavern Car

Parlor Car

Parlor Observation
   

Set Information:

Stock #
Description Road # MSRP

106-063
Southern Pacific Lines "Morning Daylight"
10 Car Set
Shipping November 2021
Baggage-Chair 3303
$260*
Articulated Coffee Shop 10261
Articulated Kitchen 10260
Articulated Dining Car 10259
Chair Car 2486
Articulated Chair Car 2476
Articulated Chair Car 2475
Tavern Car 10314
Parlor Car 3003
Parlor Observation 2954

106-063-1
Shipping December 2021
Southern Pacific Lines "Morning Daylight" 10 Car Set w/ Interior Lighting Installed
$410*

106-6310
Southern Pacific Lines "Morning Daylight"
2-Car Set
Shipping November 2021
Articulated Chair car 2462
$55*
Articulated Chair car 2461

106-6310-1
Shipping December 2021
Southern Pacific Lines "Morning Daylight" 2 Car Articulated Add-on Set w/ Interior Lighting Installed
$85*
* MSRP is estimated and subject to change upon release

Click here for a listing of past models (for reference only)

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