Can anyone tell me about a train called the Golden Triangle? It appears to have run between the New York/ Philadelphia area and Chicago.
Joe
JoeUmp Can anyone tell me about a train called the Golden Triangle? It appears to have run between the New York/ Philadelphia area and Chicago. Joe
The Golden Triangle was PRR trains #23 and #54 in the September 1957 timetable. It ran between Pittsburgh and Chicago. Although it probably was a separate train in the hay-day of PRR passenger rail, by 1957 it had been combined with the Manhattan Limited westbound and the Pennsylvania Limited eastbound.
Four Pittsburgh to Chicago sleepers were assigned to the train, which were coupled to the back of the Manhattan Limited upon arrival in Pittsburgh from New York. Coach passengers rode in the New York to Chicago through coaches. The sleeping cars were open for occupancy at 9:30 p.m., and the train departed Pittsburgh for Chicago at 11:40 p.m. It was scheduled into Chicago at 7:20 a.m. Eastbound the train carried the same four sleepers back to Pittsburgh. It departed Chicago at 11:30 p.m., with a scheduled arrival in Pittsburgh at 9:10 a.m. The sleepers were ready for occupancy in Chicago at 10:30 p.m.
According to my 1953 PRR system timetable, the Golden Triangle departed Pittsburgh at 10:00 p.m. and arrived in Chicago at 6:10 a.m. Six sleepers were assigned to the train. The timetable shows the Golden Triangle running on the same schedule as the St. Louisan, but it was bound for St. Louis, so the timetable appears to contain a mistake. Eastbound the Golden Triangle departed Chicago at 9:15 p.m., and arrived in Pittsburgh at 7:20 a.m. It is shown as a separate train, which further leads me to believe that the westbound schedule is in error. The train was assigned a lounge car, five sleepers, and an undesignated number of coaches. It does not appear to have had a dinner, since it departed well after dinner and arrived before breakfast.
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I have an uncle who was injurred in a wreck of that train in December of '46. According to information I have, the westbound Golden Triangle ran into wreckage from two other trains that collided on an adjacent track at 2:45am on December 13, 1946.
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