The ''Beaver'' was a passenger train of the

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on its route between

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, and

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. The Southern Pacific started the train on July 8, 1940, as an extra summer train offering economy tourist sleepers and

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over the same route as the ''Cascade''. 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'' on July 10, 1949.

Consist

Post-war trains 13 and 14 typically contained the following sequence of cars. * 1 baggage express car * 1 news agent coach * 4 chair cars * 1

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* 1

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* 4 tourist sleepers

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{{SP named trains Passenger trains of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company Named passenger trains of the United States Railway services introduced in 1940 Railway services discontinued in 1949