SP Overland Limited consist question -- need help...

[Lark]

[FlyingCrow]

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[KCSfan]

The Overland Ltd. was introduced in 1890 and its consists varied widely over the 60 or so years it ran before becoming the San Francisco Overland. If you'll tell us what time period you are interested in someone who has an Official Guide for that time can give you the trains consist.

Mark

[De Luxe]

Here is a 1946 consist:

1. Mail-Baggage

2. Baggage-Dormitory

3. Coach

4. Coach

5. Coffee Shop

6. Sleeper 12-1

7. Sleeper 12-1

8. Sleeper 10-1-2

9. Diner

10. Lounge

11. Sleeper 8-1-2

12. Sleeper 6-3

13. Sleeper 6-3

All cars are heavyweight cars of the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and Chicago & North Western railroads. All cars feature 6 wheel trucks. They are all painted in the two tone grey Overland scheme: black roof, light grey letterboard with white lettering, thin white line between letterboard and windowband, dark grey windowband, thin white line between windowband and lower carbody, light grey lower carbody, black trucks. During that time it was still a steam powered train, being pulled by H class 4-8-4´s on the C&NW from Chicago to Omaha, FEF class 4-8-4´s or Challenger 4-6-6-4´s on the UP from Omaha to Ogden and AC (mostly AC-10 to AC-12) class Cab Forward 4-8-8-2´s from Ogden to Oakland on the SP.

Before 1930 the consist of the train was pretty much the same like this 1946 consist, except the cars were painted dark/olive green and there were no coaches since it was an all sleeper train back then. From 1947 to 1950 the train was gradually streamlined and the streamliner cars were also painted into that two tone grey Overland scheme to match. Starting in 1952, the Overland scheme was abandoned and the cars (UP as well as SP and C&NW) were painted into the classic Union Pacific Armor Yellow and light grey with red stripes. In 1955 I think Southern Pacific added dome lounge cars between Oakland and Ogden to the consist, painted into UP yellow as well. As far as I know the train was discontinued in 1964. Hope this information helped you a little bit.