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Although the C&NW plannned to use E-4s on the 400 trains, they never saw such service. At least 4 major bridges between Chicago and the Twin Cities would have had to be rebuilt or otherwise strengthened to accomodate them, and the railroad opted to dieselize the 400s instead--no bridge modifications were needed for the diesels. <br /> <br />In fact, the 400s were dieselized before the streamlined cars arrived in 1939. <br /> <br />The E-4 Hudsons were assigned to the Chicago-Omaha route where they pulled all of the through passenger and mail-and-express trains except for the dieselized "City" streamliners. Most of those trains consisted entirely of heavyweight equipment. The "Challenger" trains carried streamlined coaches (supplied by CNW, UP and SP)and heavyweight diners, lounges and sleepers.
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