November 14, 1926 was a banner day for western passenger trains. On that day, Santa Fe introduced the Chief, Union Pacific completely re-equipped the Los Angeles Limited and Overland Limited, and Southern Pacific-Rock Island re-equipped the Golden State Limited, all … Continue reading
This menu says San Francisco Overland on the cover. Inside, however, it says, “23-24 27-28.” Trains 27 & 28 were indeed the Overland, but 23 & 24 were the Gold Coast, the route’s tertiary train (after the City of San … Continue reading
As previously noted, in November, 1926, Union Pacific speeded up the schedules of the Overland Limited and Los Angeles Limited from 68 to 63 hours and supposedly completely reequipped both trains. At the same time, it inaugurated the Gold Coast … Continue reading
