| 1 | Train Number | 2 | ||||
| Daily | Miles | Services | Daily | |||
| 10 45P | Dp | 0 | New Orleans, LA (Union Psgr. Tml.) (CT) | C R | Ar | 4 45P |
| 10 55P | 2 | Carrollton Avenue | 4 25P | |||
| N10 58P | 6 | East Bridge Junction | N 4 23P | |||
| Mississippi River Bridge | ||||||
| N11 14P | 11 | West Bridge Junction | N 4 08P | |||
| F12 07A | 56 | Schriever, LA | ||||
| F12 36A | 81 | Morgan City, LA | C | |||
| F 1 00A | 102 | Franklin, LA | C | |||
| 1 35A | 126 | New Iberia, LA | C | F 1 57P | ||
| 2 00A | Ar | 145 | Lafayette, LA | C | Dp | 1 30P |
| 2 15A | Dp | Ar | 1 25P | |||
| F 2 43A | 167 | Crowley, LA | C | |||
| F 3 08A | 186 | Jennings, LA | C | |||
| 4 08A | 219 | Lake Charles, LA | C R | 11 54A | ||
| 5 05A | 257 | Orange, TX | C | 11 04A | ||
| 5 36A | 279 | Beaumont, TX | C | 10 37A | ||
| F 6 20A | 321 | Liberty, TX | C | |||
| 7 20A | Ar | 363 | Houston, TX (Grand Central Station) | C R | Dp | 9 00A |
| 7 40A | Dp | Ar | 8 40A | |||
| F | 400 | Rosenberg, TX | C | F 7 38A | ||
| F 9 53A | 471 | Schulenberg, TX | C | F 6 27A | ||
| 11 45A | Ar | 573 | San Antonio, TX (Sou. Pac. Station) | C R | Dp | 4 40A |
| 12 05P | Dp | Ar | 4 20A | |||
| F 1 57P | 665 | Uvalde, TX | C | F 2 39A | ||
| 3 20P | Ar | 743 | Del Rio, TX | C | Dp | 1 20A |
| 3 30P | Dp | Ar | 1 10A | |||
| N 4 26P | 792 | High Bridge (Pecos River) | N12 10A | |||
| 6 05P | Ar | 871 | Sanderson, TX | C | Dp | 10 40P |
| 6 15P | Dp | Ar | 10 30P | |||
| F 7 23P | 931 | Marathon, TX | C | F 9 20P | ||
| 8 00P | 962 | Alpine, TX | C | 8 45P | ||
| 8 45P | 988 | Marfa, TX (CT) | C | 8 13P | ||
| 11 30P | Ar | 1184 | El Paso, TX (Union Station) (MT) | C R | Dp | 3 35P |
| Through Sleeper Dallas-Los Angeles | ||||||
| 1 | Connecting Train Number (Texas & Pacific) | 8 | ||||
| 8 00A | Dp | 0.0 | Dallas, TX (Union Station) (CT) | C | Ar | 7 15A |
| 9 50A | Dp | 31.5 | Fort Worth, TX (T. & P. Station) (CT) | C | Ar | 6 00A |
| 10 45P | Ar | 645.3 | El Paso, TX (Union Station) (MT) | C | Dp | 3 20P |
| 11 55P | Dp | 1184 | El Paso, TX (Union Station) | C R | Ar | 3 05P |
| 3 20A | Ar | 1401 | Douglas, AZ | C R | Dp | 11 25A |
| 3 25A | Dp | Ar | 11 20A | |||
| 3 57A | 1423 | Bisbee Junction, AZ (Bisbee via bus) | C | F10 49A | ||
| 5 55A | Ar | 1524 | Tucson, AZ | C R | Dp | 8 40A |
| 6 05A | Dp | Ar | 8 25A | |||
| F 7 05A | 1589 | Coolidge, AZ | C | F | ||
| 8 30A | Ar | 1645 | Phoenix, AZ | C R | Dp | 6 10A |
| 8 45A | Dp | Ar | 5 50A | |||
| 11 35A | Ar | 1818 | Yuma, AZ (MT) | C | Dp | 3 05A |
| 10 45A | Dp | Yuma, AZ (PT) | Ar | 1 55A | ||
| 11 50A | 1884 | Niland, CA | 12 28A | |||
| 12 45P | Ar | 1940 | Indio, CA | C | 11 32P | |
| 12 48P | Dp | |||||
| 1 23P | 1968 | West Palm Springs, CA (Palm Springs) | C R | 10 59P | ||
| F 1 58P | 1989 | Beaumont, CA | C | |||
| 2 31P | Ar | 2012 | Colton, CA | C | Dp | 9 52P |
| 2 35P | Dp | Ar | 9 52P | |||
| 3 15P | 2037 | Pomona, CA | C R | 9 21P | ||
| 3 55P | 2063 | Alhambra, CA (Pasadena) | C R | 8 45P | ||
| 4 15P | Ar | 2069 | Los Angeles, CA (Union Psgr. Tml.) (PT) | C R | Dp | 8 25P |
Full Lounge Car—
New Orleans to Los Angeles (for Pullman passengers)
(Shower bath and valet service)
Standard Sleepers—
New Orleans to Los
Angeles
(6 Bedrooms, 10 Roomettes—Car 16)
(4
Bedrooms, 4 Compartments, 2 Drawing Rooms—Car 17)
(6
Bedrooms, 10 Roomettes—Car 19)
Dallas to Los Angeles (6 Bedrooms, 10 Roomettes—Car 15) (On T&P No. 1 to El Paso)
New Orleans to Houston (6 Bedrooms, 10 Roomettes—Car 18)
Chair Cars—Reclining Leg Rest Seats. Advance seat reservations required. (Open for occupancy at New Orleans 10:00 pm)
New Orleans to Los Angeles—Cars 11-12
El Paso to
Los Angeles—Cars 14-100
Pillow service available at nominal
charge
Dining Car—
New Orleans to Los Angeles
Hamburger Grill Lounge Car—
New Orleans to Los Angeles (For chair car passengers)
News Agent Service
Tickets Honored—Ask agents.
Full Lounge Car—
Los Angeles to New Orleans (for Pullman passengers) (Shower bath and valet service)
Standard Sleepers—
Los Angeles to New Orleans
(4
Bedrooms, 4
Compartments, 2 Drawing Rooms—Car 27)
(6 Bedrooms, 10
Roomettes—Car 29)
Los Angeles to San Antonio (6 Bedrooms,
10 Roomettes)
Occupancy at San
Antonio until 8:00 am—Car 26
Los Angeles to Dallas (6 Bedrooms, 10 Roomettes)—Car 25 (On T&P No. 8, El Paso to Dallas)
San Antonio to New Orleans (6 Bedrooms,
10 Roomettes)—Car 26
Open for occupancy
at San Antonio 9:30 pm
Chair Cars—Reclining Leg Rest Seats. Advance seat reservations required.
Los Angeles to New Orleans—Cars 21-23
Los Angeles to El Paso—Cars 24-200
Pillow
service
available at nominal charge
Dining Car—
Los Angeles to New Orleans
Hamburger Grill Lounge Car—
Los Angeles to New Orleans (for chair car passengers)
Time:
A - A.M.
D - Train stops only to discharge passengers
F - Conditional (Flag) stop
N - Not a passenger stop
P - P.M.
R - Train stops only to receive passengers
Services:
A - Auto loading/unloading facilities (as freight)
B - Checked baggage is handled
C - Coupon station (Ticket office)
M - Meal stop
P - Telephone station
R - Rental cars available
T - Telegraph station
X - Checked baggage NOT handled
Here you see the Sunset Limited at the top of its form. While it had no dome cars, its other features were all first-rate. Notice two changes from the original August 1950 edition of the train: The "Pride of Texas" coffee shop cars had been rebuilt into 32-seat hamburger grill lounge cars in 1955, and in 1956 a set of 4-bedroom, 4-compartment, 2-drawing-room sleepers had been reassigned from the Golden State to the Sunset Limited. These were pre-World War II, smooth-sided cars which interrupted the Budd-built uniformity of the rest of the train, but they provided some premium sleeping accommodations which the Budd cars had lacked.
A note of acknowledgment: My information for the comments on this page and on the pages to follow comes largely from Michael M. Palmieri's excellent Louisiana Rail Site.