Southern Pacific Daylight passenger cars

[Anonymous]

What is the correct type of passenger cars that went along with the Southern Pacific Daylight GS 2 and GS 4? I haven' t been able to determine if they were Madisons or some sort of streamlined. Some photos I've seen look like they may have been smooth side streamline. Has any manufacturer made the correct O gauge cars? Most O gauge I see in catalogues and on eBay are corregated side streamline by Lionel, Williams and MTH while K-Line made a Madison set.

[Anonymous]

The original Daylight cars and all successors (including the TNO Sunbeam) except the Shasta Daylight were fluted stainless steel from Pullman-Standard, painted red, orange and black with silver-gray trim and lettering. There were variations among the trainsets (for example the 1941 Daylight cars had small loading doors in the sides for baggage and supplies). As the number of trains expanded and new equipment got ordered, the older equipment got mixed up, so the smooth side Shasta wound up with a fluted obs. As the SP discovered the car structures were corroding away due to the leaky original construction (a problem with all corrugated cars except Budd's), they began replacing the side structures with stainless steel sheet, painted in the later red/silver Sunset scheme. The 1937 Sunbeam cars were converted to this scheme (with the corrugated siding still in place) beginning in the late 1940's. The unique 3/4 domes were converted from Sunbeam and Daylight equipment.

Hope this helps.

[Dr.Fu-Manchu]

The Doctor is In !!! If I recall, There was a train set of heavyweight cars in Daylight paint. It was named after a central Calif. town and was pulled by a Pacific class steamer during WW2 , I saw a model of the loco and thought it was wrong. But it was a real train that was run during the war. I forgot who made the model, It looked good. So Yes, the heavyweight cars are proper,just not with a GS 2 or 4.
Till My Next Missive, I Remain The Humble Yet Strangly Evil Doctor(and SP Fan)[}:)]