Although Union Pacific swapped out some equipment on the original 1936 City of Denver, as of 1950 it was still using its original M-10005 and M-10006 locomotives and cars that were slightly smaller in profile than what had become the standard for lightweight trains. UP did not completely replace the train until 1954, making it the last UP streamliner to rely on pre-war equipment.
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This booklet promotes that new train, advertising rather generic-looking lounge, dining, sleeping, and chair cars. The only distinctive car was the “Pub,” a lounge car made to look “like an old English tavern.” Why would people going to Denver be interested in an old English tavern when previously they had the Frontier Shack, decorated with authentic relics of the West? Continue reading