This brochure is undated, but based on the hair and clothing styles it is almost certainly from before World War II. UP and Chicago & North Western inaugurated the Challenger in 1935 as a second-section of the all-Pullman Los Angeles … Continue reading
Here’s a placemat from the Challenger, the Union Pacific’s answer to Santa Fe’s El Capitan. But where the El Capitan was an extra-fare train that happened to have exclusively coach seating, the Challenger was designed as an economy train, with … Continue reading
The Challenger was Union Pacific’s answer to the Santa Fe’s El Capitan: an all-coach train on the same timetable as the all-Pullman City of Los Angeles. When UP added dome cars to its trains in 1955, the Challenger received a … Continue reading
