What Is Daylight Sales?

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Daylight Sales (daylightsales.net) is an online shop that sells custom screen-printed and embroidered merchandise, with a catalog built largely around railroad-themed apparel and accessories. It describes itself as "a one stop shop for all custom screen printing and embroidery merchandise," and its design department offers to help turn a customer's idea into a finished product. If you're looking for railroad heritage designs on hats, shirts, and collectibles — or you want custom printing or embroidery done — this is the type of store to check.

What Daylight Sales sells

The storefront's "New Arrivals" section shows the main product categories and gives a sense of the pricing and style.

Category Example products Listed price
Trucker hats Boston and Albany Trucker Hat Snapback [Hat 9124]; New York Central Empire State Express Trucker Hat Snapback [Hat 9066]; New York Central Red/Blue Logo Trucker Hat Snapback [Hat 9029R / 9029B] $23.95 each
Iron plates (Museum Series) New York Central Iron Plate [3029B]; Northwestern Pacific Logo Iron Plate [3080]; Union Pacific Iron Plate [3047]; Seaboard Air Line Logo Iron Plate [3116] $21.95–$25.95 (multiple variants)
Plaid flannels 4014 Big Boy Plaid Flannels [4126]; Central California Traction Company Plaid Flannels [4CCT]; WP California Zephyr Plaid Flannels [4155]; Pere Marquette Plaid Flannels [4127] $47.95–$50.95 (multiple variants)
Hoodies 4014 Big Boy Pullover Hoodie [126]; 4014 Big Boy Zippered Hoodie [126] $42.00–$48.00 (pullover); $46.00–$52.00 (zippered)

The designs lean heavily on named railroads and locomotives — New York Central, Boston and Albany, Union Pacific, Seaboard Air Line, the 4014 Big Boy, and others — so the catalog is aimed at railroad enthusiasts and heritage-apparel buyers as much as at general merchandise shoppers.

Custom printing and embroidery

Beyond the ready-made railroad items, the site positions itself as a custom shop. Its stated service is screen printing and embroidery, with a design department that helps customers develop an idea into a finished product. That means the store is relevant in two situations:

  • You want an existing railroad-themed item from the catalog.
  • You have your own design or concept and want it printed or embroidered on merchandise.

For the second case, the practical starting point is to contact the shop with your idea, since the design work is described as a service the department provides rather than a self-serve tool shown on the homepage.

How buying works

Products are listed with prices and either an "Add to cart" button (for single-variant items like the trucker hats) or a "Select options" button (for items with multiple variants, such as the iron plates, flannels, and hoodies). Variant products note that options can be chosen on the product page. The site has a checkout page, so ordering happens online through a standard cart-and-checkout flow.

When Daylight Sales is a good fit

  • Railroad-themed gifts and apparel: The catalog is unusually focused on railroad logos and locomotives, which is hard to find in general merchandise stores.
  • Custom screen printing or embroidery: If you need a design produced and applied to merchandise, the shop advertises that capability directly.
  • Small-batch or single-item purchases: Individual hats, plates, and shirts are sold at listed per-item prices, so you don't need a bulk order to buy from the existing catalog.

If you need a product category the site doesn't show — or you want to confirm whether a specific custom job is possible, what artwork format is required, or how long production takes — those details aren't stated on the homepage, so ask the shop directly before ordering.