Category Archives: Union Pacific City of St Louis

Union Pacific City of Los Angeles, Challenger, City of St. Louis leg-rest coach

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

  From the booklet “California,” of which text is reproduced in a post below. Leg-rest coaches were the norm on Chicago-California trains. On Union Pacific, only its dome coaches were carpeted and were also otherwise much more striking in decor. … Continue reading →

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Union Pacific dome atop a coach

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

From the booklet “California,” of which more text is produced in a post below. A dome coach ran on the City of Los Angeles and City of St. Louis, as well as on the Challenger when it and the City … Continue reading →

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Union Pacific California booklet

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

Reproduced below, from the Union Pacific booklet “California,” are the pages that tell about its trains to California. Note the reference to the Challenger as a summer and Christmas-season train. The Challenger Streamliner or Challenger Domeliner’s brief years as a … Continue reading →

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Domeliner City of St Louis observation lounge car being run on the rear of the train

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

Where else would I expect an observation lounge to be, you might ask. But until I found this wonderful picture on the “other” Streamliner Memories blog (streamlinermemories.info, whereas I’m at .com), I wasn’t sure these cars had ever been run on … Continue reading →

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