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At first the San Francisco Chief handled through cars for cities in Texas, plus a New Orleans, Louisiana, sleeper conveyed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Houston, Texas. The San Francisco Chief carried the numbers 1 (westbound) and 2 (eastbound) and was the only Chicago–San Francisco train to make the entire journey on one railroad. [3]
The City of San Francisco train sets were jointly owned by the C&NW, UP and SP with the exception of the sleepers which were Pullman-owned until 1945 when two of those cars were acquired by the C&NW and a dozen by the UP. [24] [25] [26] The new train was capable of speeds up to 110 miles per hour (180 km/h) and accommodated 222 passengers. [27]
Replaced the San Francisco Zephyr. Temporarily cut to Emeryville from August 5, 1994, to May 12, 1995 [90] Chicago – Emeryville: October 26, 1997 present Chief: Chicago – Los Angeles: June 11, 1972 September 10, 1972 City of San Francisco ‡ Chicago – Oakland May 1, 1971 June 10, 1972 Renamed San Francisco Zephyr: Denver Zephyr ...
The Gold Coast was temporarily discontinued on 14 June 1931 as part of the Great Depression service reductions, but reappeared as train numbers 23 and 24 on 1 October 1947 with a 58.5-hour schedule for first class and coach passengers between San Francisco and Chicago replacing both the Pacific Limited and the San Francisco Challenger.
In June 1929 the Chief and Overland Limited schedules dropped to 58 hours each way, leaving Chicago at 11:15 AM/11:50 AM and Los Angeles/San Francisco at 9:45 PM/9:40 PM. The standard-fare schedule then became 63 hours westward and 61 1/4 hours eastward on seven routes from Chicago to the Coast (trains to Seattle now matching the standard-fare ...
The Overland Limited (also known at various times as the Overland Flyer, San Francisco Overland Limited, San Francisco Overland and often simply as the Overland) was an American named passenger train which for much of its history was jointly operated by three railroads on the Overland Route between San Francisco and Chicago.
Chicago and San Francisco Express: Denver and Rio Grande Railroad: Denver, Colorado - Ogden, Utah (with through trains to Chicago and Los Angeles) [1914] 1911-1917 Chicago and Southwestern Special: Boston and Albany Railroad, New York Central, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Prior to the 1971 creation of Amtrak, three competing trains ran between Chicago and the East Bay, with bus connections to San Francisco: [8]: 136 The California Zephyr was operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW), and Western Pacific Railroad (WP).