Golden Gate (train) - Equipment Used

Equipment Used

Initial Golden Gate consists (two lightweight trainsets), July 1938:

• EMC E1A Locomotive #8L–#9L
• Baggage-"Chair" car / Coach with newsstand (36 seats) #3490–#3491
• "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) #3115–#3116
• Club-Lounge-"Chair" car / Coach (26 seats) #3117–#3118
• Fred Harvey Company Lunch Counter Diner-Lounge #1501–#1502
• Round-end Parlor-Lounge-Observation (34 seats) #3243–3244

The Golden Gate consists (two trainsets) as of March 1948:

• EMC E1A Locomotive #3LA, #4LA, #5L, #7L–#9L (shared power with the San Diegan)
• Baggage-"Chair" car / Coach with newsstand (36 seats) #3490–#3491
• "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) #3070–#3116, #3119, #3137–#3166
• "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) #3070–#3116, #3119, #3137–#3166
• "Chair" car / Lounge #3117–#3118
• Fred Harvey Company Lunch Counter Diner #1500–#1507
• "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) #3070–#3116, #3119, #3137–#3166
• Leg Rest "Chair" car / Coach (44 seats)* #2861–#2911
• Sleeper Valley-type (6 sections, 6 roomettes, 4 bedrooms)
• Round-end "Chair" car / Coach-Observation (58 seats) #3243–3244

*Extra car added between Chicago and Oakland during the summer months.

Golden Gate consists in 1958:

• ALCO PA/PB #51LAC or
• EMD F-unit 300-series LAB sets

Nos. 60–63

• any lightweight Baggage
• "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) #3070–#3101, #3108, #3111, #3115, #3119, #3144–#3158
• "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) #3070–#3101, #3108, #3111, #3115, #3119, #3144–#3158
• Bar-Lounge #1388–#1399, #1346–#1349
• Fred Harvey Company Lunch Counter (Diner) #1500, #1503–#1507
• "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) #3070–#3101, #3108, #3111, #3115, #3119, #3144–#3158
• "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) #3070–#3101, #3108, #3111, #3115, #3119, #3144–#3158

No. 62 only

• Railway Post Office-Baggage #3402–#3408, #3600–#3606
• any lightweight Baggage
• "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) #3070–#3101, #3108, #3111, #3115, #3119, #3144–#3158
• "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) #3070–#3101, #3108, #3111, #3115, #3119, #3144–#3158
• Bar-Lounge #1388–#1399, #1346–#1349
• Fred Harvey Company Lunch Counter (Diner) #1500, #1503–#1507
• "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) #3070–#3101, #3108, #3111, #3115, #3119, #3144–#3158
• "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) #3070–#3101, #3108, #3111, #3115, #3119, #3144–#3158

In May 1960 two-unit ALCO PA sets replaced the F-units. Car #1346 was converted to a "Vend-O-Lounge" vending machine car in May 1964 (operated by the Harvey Company), though it failed to gain public acceptance and was subsequently replaced with a standard 1500-series Lunch Counter Diner the following September.