Vista domes were introduced to the North Coast Limited in the summer of 1954. On July 27, photographer Ron Nixon took photos of a dome which was apparently in Montana for a shakedown run, but the the dome coaches were … Continue reading
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On November 15, 1952, Northern Pacific finally speeded up the North Coast Limited to times competitive with the Empire Builder and Olympian Hiawatha. At the same time, it replaced the heavyweight Alaskan with the partially streamlined Mainstreeter. A brochure about … Continue reading
Although the cover calls this the Summer timetable, the back cover notes that it went into effect on April 27, seven months after yesterday’s. Yesterday I noted that the schedule for the Alaskan included a sleeping car between St. Paul … Continue reading
As the cover notes, the North Coast Limited was streamlined, but unlike almost every other streamliner ever introduced, that didn’t save passengers time. Northern Pacific continued to operate it on its pre-streamlined schedule, which meant that it took 58-1/2 hours … Continue reading
As the number of trains operated by Santa Fe and other railroads shrank, the number of hotels and restaurants operated by Fred Harvey also shrank. An ad in yesterday’s 1956 timetable lists ten hotels and restaurants along the Santa Fe … Continue reading
With the disappearance of the Scout in 1953 and the California Limited in 1954, most of the trains on Santa Fe’s timetable were streamlined. A major exception was the Grand Canyon, which had heavyweight sleeping cars and other heavyweight equipment … Continue reading
Here’s a full, “ticket agent edition” timetable issued a few months after yesterday’s, so the schedules are pretty much the same. The ad on the back cover indicates that Santa Fe was finally offering dining car service for the full … Continue reading
There is no mention of the Scout in this timetable. It isn’t mentioned in the January 1, 1954 timetable either, but is listed in the January 1953 timetable, when it was the same Newton-Albuquerque fragment of its former self described … Continue reading
In this “ticket agent edition,” the role of the Scout becomes even muddier than in yesterday’s 1949 timetable. In 1951, trains 5 & 6, which went between Chicago and Fort Worth, were combined with trains 3 & 4, the California … Continue reading
From 1948 to 1961, the Santa Fe labeled its full system timetables as the “Ticket Agent Edition” while it published a condensed timetable labeled “Traveler’s Edition.” The ticket agent editions were useful for comparing schedules side-by-side to see whether someone … Continue reading