Beebe, THE OVERLAND LIMITED, Ex-Library, 1963, Railroad, Train, 157 Pages, HB

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Overland Limited
(UP train)
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Overland Limited
Overland Flyer
The
Overland Limited
leaving 16th Street Station, Oakland, in 1906
Overview
Service type
Inter-city rail
Locale
Western United States
First service
November 13, 1887
Last service
1963
Former operator(s)
Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
Milwaukee Road
Chicago and North Western Railway
Route
Start
Chicago, Illinois
Stops
27 (westbound)
28 (eastbound)
End
San Francisco, California
Distance travelled
2,189 miles (3,523 km) (1954)
Average journey time
63 hours
Service frequency
Daily
Train number(s)
1 (Chicago - San Francisco)
2 (San Francisco - Chicago)
Line(s) used
Overland Route
On-board services
Seating arrangements
Reclining seat coaches
Sleeping arrangements
Observation sleeping car
Catering facilities
Dining car
Observation facilities
Club lounge car
Other facilities
Club Buffet Car
Valet and maid service
Barber and bath
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft
8
+
1
⁄
2
in
(
1,435 mm
)
Operating speed
35.8 mph (average)
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
. The
Southern Pacific Railroad
handled the train west of
Ogden, Utah
, the
Union Pacific Railroad
between Ogden and
Omaha, Nebraska
/
Council Bluffs, Iowa
, and east of the
Missouri River
to Chicago it was operated by the
Chicago and North Western Railway
as well as, for a few years starting in 1905, by the
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
(the "Milwaukee Road").
The named service on this route began on the UP first as the
Overland Flyer
(1887–96) and then
Overland Limited
, and the SP began its own separate named
Overland Limited
train in 1899. The
Overland
name disappeared on C&NW's portion of the route on October 30, 1955, from the UP in 1956, and finally ended on the SP's portion as a separate year-round train on July 16, 1962 when that service was consolidated with the
City of San Francisco
.
Contents
1
History
2
Demise
3
Equipment
4
Route diagrams
5
See also
6
Notes
7
References