Union Pacific 49er. The 49er FORTY-NINER 49er The 49er was an all- Pullman passenger train that ran between Chicago and San Francisco and was jointly operated by the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and the Chicago and Northwestern states, providing efficient railroad transportation, freight shipping, logistics, and rail safety services.
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7002 was one of forty MT-1 Class 4-8-2 "Mountain" type locomotives built by Alco-Brooks in 1922 for the Union Pacific Railroad Out of Oakland eastward, the train was first hauled by a P-10 Pacific to Roseville, where power was changed to a (typically AC4-6,7) cab-forward, and changed to another Pacific at Sparks for the run to Ogden.
Challenger Union Pacific 3949
Service began out of Chicago on July 8, 1937 and remained in service until July 26, 1941 No subcategories were found for The Forty-Niner, LA Limited and all other Joint C&NW, UP, SP Transcons The UP only had two streamlined steam locomotives.
Challenger Union Pacific 3949. Inaugurated in July of 1937, it was considered a supplement to the City of San Francisco, which at that time ran only five times a month, and was created in conjunction with the Worlds Fair. The C&NW and the Union Pacific provided streamlined steam locomotives to power the train
HO Brass Model OMI 1480 UP Union Pacific P77 462 Streamlined 49er. This section contains, photos and information on the Forty-Niner, LA Limited and all other Joint C&NW, UP, SP transcontinental passenger trains and all remaining Joint C&NW & UP Trains not addressed individually above. The 49er ran on essentially the same timings as the City Of San Francisco