# Beaver (train)

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The ***Beaver*** was a passenger train of the [Southern Pacific](/source/Southern_Pacific_Transportation_Company) on its route between [Oakland, California](/source/Oakland,_California), and [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland,_Oregon). The Southern Pacific started the train on July 8, 1940, as an extra summer train offering economy tourist [sleepers](/source/Sleeping_car) and [coaches](/source/Passenger_car_(rail)) over the same route as the [*Cascade*](/source/Cascade_(train)). The popularity of the train justified all-year service by September, 1940, and the train was given numbers 11 and 12 on May 11, 1941. Wartime service reductions caused the southbound *Beaver* to be consolidated with the *Cascade* as train number 23 on September 8, 1941. The northbound *Beaver* was similarly consolidated with the *Cascade* on May 3, 1943, as train number 24. The trains were separated again on August 4, 1946, with the *Cascade* numbered 11 and 12 and the *Beaver* numbered 13 and 14 until replaced by the *[Shasta Daylight](/source/Shasta_Daylight)* on July 10, 1949.[1]

## Consist

Post-war trains 13 and 14 typically contained the following sequence of cars.[2]

- 1 [baggage express car](/source/Baggage_car)
- 1 [news agent](/source/News_agent) coach
- 4 [chair cars](/source/Passenger_car_(rail))
- 1 [dining car](/source/Dining_car)
- 1 [lounge car](/source/Lounge_car)
- 4 tourist sleepers

## References

1. Beebe, Lucius (1963). *The Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific Railroads*. [Berkeley, California](/source/Berkeley,_California): [Howell-North Books](/source/Howell-North_Books). p. 619.

1. Clark, Ken R. ["Southern Pacific Passenger Trains Beaver"](http://espee.railfan.net/beaver.html). *Espee Modelers Archive*. Richard A. Percy. Retrieved 5 October 2024.

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