Edit post

Edit your reply below.

Post Body
Enter your post below.
The City of San Fransisco had a variety of consists during 1952-54. Five sets of equipment were required to protect the schedule at that time, but many of the cars in the trains were one- or two-of-a-kind. Some of these cars were carry-overs from the pre-war City trains which only ran a couple of times per week. The City of San Fransisco included the following types of cars at the time in question: A mail storage car An 85-foot RPO with a 60-foot mail apartment A baggage-dormitory 2 or more coaches A coffee shop-lounge (several different configurations used) A dining car (again, several different configurations were used) A club-lounge car for sleeping car passengers Several Pullman sleeping cars, offering open sections, roomettes, double bedrooms, drawing rooms and (in 2 cars only) duplex roomettes. The C&NW timetable recited appropriately at that time respecting sleepers: "Some of these cars do not operate evey trip. Consult ticket agent for particulars." Regularly-assigned cars (whether from UP, SP or C&NW) were painted in Armour yellow and Harbor Mist gray, with red striping and lettering (letters and numbers outlined in black). All trucks at this time were painted gray. After May 1953, the train was standardized with a rounded-end SP 10-6 sleeper as the last car in the consist. Also in 1953, some of the pre-war sleepers were re-assigned to the City of Denver. The San Fransisco Overland had a slightly more standardized consist at the time, in part because it had operated for some time as a daily train. On the SP, the consist included: A variety of mail storage and express cars (traffic much heavier westbound than eastbound) A baggage-dormitory Several coaches. The San Fransisco-Chicago cars might be SP, UP or C&NW; the San Fransisco-St. Louis cars might be SP, UP or Wabash. An SP heavywight coffee shop-lounge A 48-seat diner (most were SP) A club-lounge (again, most were SP) A 4-4-2 Pullman for Chicago A 6-6-4 Pullman for Chicago A 10-6 Pullman for Chicago A 10-6 Pullman for New York City (via NYC and PRR, on alternating days) A 6-6-4 Pullman for St. Louis A 6-6-4 Pullman for Salt Lake City (During part of the time period in question) an SPparlor-observation car for Reno Regularly-assigned cars for the San Fransisco Overland were painted two-tone gray until 1952, when they gradually were repainted into Armour yellow and gray. The observation cars stayed in Daylight colors. Staring in October 1954, SP heavyweight hamburger-grill cars (painted in Armour yellow and gray) began to replace the coffee shop-lounges. SP 3/4 length domes (also painted Armour yellow and gray) were assigned to the Overland in 1955. UP dome cars -- whether coaches, diners or lounges--were never assigned to the Ogden-Oakland route. Regularly assigned locomotives for the City of San Fransisco and the Overland between Ogden and Oakland during this time period were Alco PAs and PBs--painted in Daylight colors.
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag

Update Reply

Subscriber & Member Login

Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!

Model Railroader Newsletter See all

Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox!

Subscriber & Member Login

Edit post

Post Body

Tags (Optional)

Subscriber & Member Login

Users Online

Search the Community