City of Los Angeles (train)

The City of Los Angeles was a 1936 to 1971 by the Union Pacific Railroad in cooperation with the Chicago & North Western ( from 1955 with the Milwaukee Road) powered luxurious overnight passenger train between Los Angeles and Chicago. The westbound train had the No. 103 train no. 104 went to the east.

One day, after it had received on the competing Santa Fe the "Super Chief" was the first long-distance train diesellokbespannter the USA its operation, launched on 15 May 1936, the M- 10002 of the third Union Pacific streamlined train as the " City of Los Angeles " the transcontinental night train service and shortened the traveling time to southern California to 39 hours and 45 minutes. Since the UP east of Omaha had no own tracks, the train was operated to and from Chicago in cooperation with the Chicago & North Western ( C & NW). As previously recorded in the 1935 " City of Portland " schedule, only five vehicle blocks per month were initially also possible in the "City of Los Angeles " with only a tractor.

While driving time in California Traffic after Verdieselung could be accelerated barely, the competing railway companies concentrated in their competition for passengers on the best possible comfort in the train and the compression of schedules. So procured 1937-1938 the Santa Fe eight EMC E1 diesel locomotives and the Union Pacific in December 1937 for the "City of San Francisco " and " City of Los Angeles ' two three-piece EMC E2. One of the two triple locomotive known as " Bulldog " design due to their striking stem with UP no. LA- 1 to LA -3 transported from now on the new 791 t heavier 14 -car train, alternating with the M- 10002 -unit set and doubled the schedule offered by the "City of Los Angeles " in ten monthly trips per direction and wrong from now on every third day.

In August 1938, the vice recorded in LA -4 fourth Stromlinientriebzug M- 10004 replaced (which had been taken from the "City of San Francisco "), the third streamlined train M- 10002 (which in March 1939 took over the circulation of the "City of Portland "). Unique feature of the "City of Los Angeles " modifierten fourth streamlined train was at the rear of the train Oberservation Lounge Car " Copper King " with circular porthole- like windows. In April 1939, the UP replaced with her as LA -5 LA -6 designated EMD E3 locomotives the two-piece power head LA -4 A B (which from August / September 1939 changed in the service of the " " City of Denver "). In August 1941, ended the use of together with the M- 10004 put into service Gelenkwagen unit of the fourth current polyline, as with the introduction of new passenger cars of the "City of Los Angeles " finally to a pure diesellokbespannten distance train was.

As of 1947, the train between Chicago and Los Angeles perverse daily. Hollywood actors like Ronald Reagan used his time to train, who campaigned on full-page ads for the " City of Los Angeles " in National Geographic magazine. End of October 1955 was the traffic east of Omaha from the C & NW on the Milwaukee Road. In the same year the "City of Los Angeles " was (next to the "City of Portland " ) as the only long-distance train UP "Astra Dome Car" observation cars, which were also designed as a full dining car and again emphasized the exclusivity of the train. In 1960, "City of San Francisco " and " City of Los Angeles " performed between Ogden and Chicago in the same train.

With the transition of the passenger train service Amtrak station ran on May 2, 1971 for the last time, the "City of Los Angeles " in the local Union.

Gallery

With the EMC designated in the UP as LA -1 E2 diesel from 1937 ...

Starts with the ... "City of Los Angeles " the transition to locomotive-hauled train

In 1955, a "Astra Dome Observation Car" had the "City of Los Angeles ".

Timetables 1949, 1950, 1953

Notes: Bold numbers indicate indicating P.M. 1 Indicates the day after departure 2 Indicates two days after departure