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[quote user="daveklepper"] The Red Arrow ran NY-Detroit in 1952, when I rode it, not calling at 30th Street, only N. Phila. Did it call at 30th St. in 1957?   Picking up a Phila - Detroit sleeper would indicate so.   Was this a backup move or did it change ends?   Was the GG-1 to diesel swap then done at Phily instead of Harrisburg? [/quote] According to my 1953 PRR Timetable, the Red Arrow (68 & 69) operated between Detroit and New York/Washington.  The Washington sleepers (2) were transferred to or from a Harrisburg to Washington train at Harrisburg.  It appears coach passengers were required to change cars.  The 12 & 4 duplex rooms car ran between Detroit and New York.  In 1953 the Red Arrow only called at North Philadelphia in the City of Brotherly Love.  By 1957 the Red Arrow was shown in the September Timetable as operating between Detroit and Philadelphia's 30th Street Station.  A 12 & 5 duplex car, along with the bar lounge car and a 21 roomette car, as well as the dinner and coaches, operated between Detroit and Philadelphia.  A 10 roomettes, 5 bedrooms car ran between Detroit and Washington.  A 6 sections, 6 double bedrooms car and a 21 roomettes car operated between Detroit and New York.  They were transferred to Number 48 or from 49 (The General - The Trail Blazer) at Harrisburg.  The Red Arrow terminated or originated at 30th Street Station on the eastern end of its run. Having grown up in Altoona, Pa, I remember vaguely the night the Red Arrow left the rails on or near the Bennington Curve - I think.  Several cars rolled at least part way down the side of the mountain.  I was about 10 at the time.  Our neighbor was a doctor.  He was called out to attend to the passengers who had been injured in the wreck.  The story in the Altoona Mirror, which can be seen at the Altoona Public Library, gives a good account of the accident.  The Railroader's Museum in Altoona also has a good write-up of the wreck, but it is not as thorough as the Mirror's stories.
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