8, joining SPLA&SL's already existing No. The train was discontinued on June 2, 1946; the entire Challenger fleet would be taken out of service the next year after the establishment of daily service for the entire City fleet. 3-Micro-Trains Scale UP-Union Pacific 40' Single Door Box Car-3 diff. Washington Union Terminal (aka "PRR") was so concerned about losing the mail revenue that it insisted that the Southern pay 1/2 the cost of a storage mail car even after mail containers were added to passenger trains and dropped off/picked up at the railroad's new "Rail-Highway" facility in Alexandria, VA. 3985 to thenon-profit Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA) who plans to restore it back to operating condition. Closer to our own time, it means yellow City streamliners flashing across the Nebraska prairie, midnight sleeping-car moves at Ogden, and 4-8-8-4s storming up Sherman Hill. The railroad had been operating a train with through service as soon as the route was completed in early May, but the "Los Angeles Limited " name was not formally announced until October. was so impressed with the train, and the response it received from the 6936 are part of the Heritage Donation Special train that will (probably) pass through Denison this week. Atlas 10 003 674 HO U28C Locomotive Silver - Union Pacific #2803. One car of the articulated pair was the kitchen and dormitory space for crew members, and the other car was the dining space. One of the B&O's original streamliners, the Abraham Lincoln, operated during its brief ownership of the Alton Railroad in the Midwest. The consist of the last train No. Click here to learn about the Unlimited Membership. In his forthcoming book from Indiana University Press, American Steam Locomotives: Design and Development, 1880-1960, the late William L. Withuhn sees all the Challengers Union Pacifics and everyone elses as the ultimate expression of steam design. including the EMD E9s. After 1956 the "Challenger" was combined with the COLA which was mainly a Pullman train but did carry a coach or two. Read more about the Heritage Donation Special and view the Heritage Donation Special Schedule. Unlike the COSF and SFO, the Gold Coast did not carry a dormitory car for the crews. Mechanical problems forced it out of service in October 2010; it was retired in January 2020 after the restoration of the 4-8-8-4 Big Boy 4014[1][2] and eventually donated to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America in 2022, where the locomotive is undergoing a second restoration. $28.00 shipping. Showing only minor signs of wear and handling consistent with its age. The trains had full Pullman service and coach seating and were an attempt to draw Depression-Era riders back to the rails. area51vintageshop. (Read more about UP's early passenger trains). The old ad men and promoters who came up with them were geniuses. The Union Pacific modernized its long distance passenger trains following WWII. 9, No. 3977, is on display in North Platte, Neb. William Kratville wrote in his "Union Pacific Streamliners" book: On January 10, 1954 the Los Angeles Challenger was re-established between Chicago and Los Angeles with streamlined equipment and diesel power. The only other remaining Challenger, No. San Francisco Challenger withdrawn; Trains 23 and 24 changed to Gold Coast, "During the War and until November 1, and May 14, 1947 respectively, the San Francisco and Los Angeles Challengers had operated with a mixture of light and heavyweight equipment and steam power. After Amtrak took over national passenger services in 1971, it spent time as AMTK #446, #1920 and #670 before being reacquired by the Union Pacific. Rolling stock included reclining seat chair cars, heavyweight cafe lounge, 6-6-4 Pullman, RPO, mail and express cars, both UP and offline. Those of you searching for UPRR employment records or genealogy information please go the Genealogy tab under the Resources section of this website. September 15, 1937
Assigned separate train numbers, No. Subscribers, sign in to access exclusive content. Toggle menu. Gregg Glenwood Publishers, Felton, Ca. The westbound Challenger completed its run in 39 hours 30 minutes, while eastbound ran 39 hours 45 minutes. That title has transitioned to Big Boy No. The new schedule for the Pacific Limited shortened the schedule between Chicago and San Francisco by 10 hours, including 2 hours over the C&NW between Chicago and Council Bluffs, 6-1/2 hours over the UP between Council Bluffs and Ogden, and 1/2 hour over the CP between Ogden and San Francisco. A group of Union Pacific employees volunteered their services to restore the locomotive to running condition in 1981. The San Francisco Overland reverted to being an all-Pullman train. With the change from C&NW to Milwaukee for Omaha-Chicago connections on October 30, 1955, trains 27 and 28 operated between Omaha and Green River. as early as 1956 when it was combined with big sister City of Los Angeles 1 and No. "We are in effect, paying 15 men to move 24 passengers 433 miles." I don't know whether the units were fully "laced up", but a BN fireman once told me that someone once forgot to retract the deadbolts inthe UP E-unit's nose door at Silver Bow and they had to stop the train to rectify the situation, before they could proceed." September 25, 1960
On that last claim, dont take my word for it. More info on these cars and The Challenger trains can be found in: Dick Harley wrote the following, in an email dated February 8, 2009: Lightweight equipment built for "The Challenger" trains in the 1930s and 1940s includes: July 11, 1935
The dome diners were removed from the City of Portland in 1968 and the City of Los Angeles by 1970,[4] the dome coaches and dome lounge cars remained until the coming of Amtrak. The Challenger Domeliner permanently combined with City of Los Angeles; still designated Trains 107 and 108, April 30, 1971
M. Pullman was one of the pioneer lightweight Pullman-built cars. At Ogden Trains 35 and 36 connect with Nos. Note: "Milano" was replaced by "Popular Brook" (6 section, 6 double bedroom) on June 22, 1939. (Portions taken from "Union Pacific Mainline Passenger Services, 1921-1971" by David Seidel, The Streamliner, Volume 22, Number 3, pages 20-21; center spread), (Portions taken from Jeff Cauthen, via email dated March 17, 2007), With the opening of the "Golden State International Exposition" in 1939, more service was needed with a seasonal summer all Pullman the "Treasure Island Special". 52 [ILT] A Workshop Item for Train Simulator. They operated over most of the Union Pacific . 3930/31/32/34/37/38/43/44 converted to oil fuel in 1952 and renumbered 37003707. When watching the approaching locomotive go through a curve, you can see the boiler swing out left or right independently of the lower half of the engine, as the rear half of the locomotive remains in a straight direction until its wheels and frame are halfway through the curve. [ digital file from b&w film copy neg. ] (Lincoln Journal Star, November 21, 1895), April 1, 1913
Dome-lounge added to San Francisco Overland; operated Oakland to Ogden only. Passenger travel via train began in the 1830s in eastern markets, reaching midwestern lines in the 1860s. (Ogden Standard Examiner, December 20, 1967). operations in May of 1971 it chose not to retain the name or any other June 20, 1946
All written content, photos, and videos copyright American-Rails.com (unless otherwise noted). The C&NW and the Union Pacific provided streamlined steam locomotives to power the train. The Centennial UP 6936. When Amtrak took over the nation's passenger service in 1971, it ended the Challenger once and for all.[1]. However, the company was permitted to reduce operations to three round trips weekly, and ordered the running of the trains on a trial basis. (Deseret News, December 15, 1905), December 17, 1905
By: Adam Burns Union Pacific's Challenger was a more affordable option to the City of Los Angeles as both passenger trains operated over the same route, connecting Chicago with Los Angeles with the help of the Chicago & North Western (until 1955) between Omaha, Nebraska and Chicago.. As with the other west coast trains like the Los Angeles and City of San . Western between Omaha and Chicago with the Union Pacific Union Pacific Trims Steam Program, Retires 3895. The City of Portland, for example, left Portland on the afternoon of the first of every month and arrived in Chicago on the morning of the third. [5] These were later sold to Clinchfield Railroad in 1947 and were renumbered as 670675, where they formed the Clinchfield's Class E-3. These cars are handled on Trains 35 and 36 between Salt Lake City and Pocatello. And both "HD" (high detail) and "SD" (standard detail) variants are also provided. The train had ebbed and flowed as part of For the Union Pacific passenger train, see Challenger (train). The Union Pacific Challenger 3985 has since been committed for donation to Railroading Heritage of Midwest America in Silvis, Ill. In a confirmation of fears that Precision Scheduled Railroading could adversely affect Union Pacific steam operations despite the recent revival of Big Boy UP 4014, the railroad has announced it will curtail its steam and heritage operations, citing PSR as the reason. -- Cascade Basin was removed from consist in August 1940. The Challenger type eventually found work on eight other carriers, in places as disparate as Bozeman Hill on the Northern Pacific, Ararat summit on the Delaware & Hudson, and deep in the Appalachians on the Clinchfield. It is an excellent resource with thousands of historic maps on file throughout the country. Service began out of Chicago on July 8, 1937 and remained in service until July 26, 1941. Id ridden in a number of mainline engines by that time and the watchword usually was hang on! Not quite so the cab of 3985. The Special discontinued its first season's service with the last trip from Chicago on Friday, September 22, 1939 and the last trip from San Francisco Monday, September 25, 1939. Originally a part of the Union Pacific Heritage Fleet, it was taken out of service in 2010 and subsequently retired in 2020. When Amtrak took over intercity passenger rail The ICC ordered Union Pacific to continue operation of Trains 5 and 6 for another year. Due to the increase in traffic of World War II a second train was added on December 31, 1944, the Furloughee Challenger. Still, it wasn't possible to maintain daily streamliner service between Chicago and the Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland areas until 1947. They were nearly 122 ft (37 m) long and weighed 537 short tons (487 tonnes). Instead SP, UP and C&NW diners and their crews were switched in and out of the consists at various stations along its route. I can't remember for sure, but it may have even been an NP switch crew who turned it. -- The Los Angeles, San Pedro and Salt Lake Railroad has decided to reduce the running time of its through passenger trains between Los Angeles and Salt Lake to twenty-six hours, which will cut the running time between this city and Chicago to sixty-eight hours. Model Trains. Three Barrels of Steam. $25.00. The Union Pacific dome coach, Challenger, in Hearne, Texas. April 29, 1956
The firstLos Angeles Limitedluxury all-Pullman passenger train departed Chicago, bound for Los Angeles on a 68-hour schedule. Baggage car The Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 Challenger UP 3985. UP Passenger Trains, 1946-1959 -- An incomplete list of Union Pacific passenger trains in the post-war period, taken from a very small sampling of public timetables. Complete with coaches and tourist sleepers, the UP and C&NW in 1935 inaugurated a transcontinental train tailored to middle-class passengers.