AnonymousI'm wondering if anyone can help me find which line this car ran on
It seems highly likely your car ran on the Northern Pacific on a train that people took to visit Yellowstone Park. I would suggest you start at your local library and see what information they have about local railroads. If you look in libraries in your area, especially in the terminal city, you may find old timetables and similar things. This whole project sounds fascinating.
Since the car has the Northern Pacific herald (as far as I can tell, the word "logo" was coined in the late 20th century) inside, it obviously was operated on the Northern Pacific Railway, but it may well have been owned by the Pullman Company. The NP ran from St. Paul to Seattle and Tacoma, but the Yellowstone Park Special was operated to Gardiner, Montana, leaving the mainline at Livingston, and it may have had through cars from Chicago at that time (possibly over the Chicago and North Western at that time; in later years, the Chicago Burlington and Quincy provided the connecting service).
It may be difficult to determine more about the original service the car provided, since the Pullman records were destroyed in a fire (I do not remember in what year, and almost all of my railroad books are packed in preparation for moving). Someone else may have more information available than I have.
Johnny
The original question was posted 12 years ago or so. We're resurrecting some pretty old stuff here.
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