Train Union Pacific
The Union Pacific Railroad's M-10003, M-10004, M-10005, and M-10006 (pictured) were four identical diesel-electric streamliner train 2-car power sets delivered in May, June, and July 1936 from Pullman-Standard with engines and internal locomotive equipment by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. One was for the City of San Francisco, two were for the City of Denver, and one was a spare set that ran on both routes. The City of Denver (M10006 and M10005)was a passenger train route operated jointly by the Chicago and North Western (CNW) and Union Pacific (UP) railroads. The train operated on both railroads' rights of way between Chicago, Illinois, and Denver, Colorado. In 1955 the Milwaukee Road assumed the service, replacing the Chicago and Northwestern between Chicago and Omaha. This train service was the fastest long-distance passenger train in the world when it debuted in 1936, traversing the 1,048 miles in as little as 16 hours (an average of about 65 miles per hour). After approximately a year of running that service, during which the train and its sister M-10005 had moved 129,000 passengers and traveled 765,000 miles (1,231,000 km) between the two, the train was renumbered CD-06 in June 1937, and added the rebuilt first power car of LA-4 (ex M-10004) as its third power car in June 1939. It was withdrawn alongside the other units during March 1953 and scrapped. NOTE: The name City of Denver has also been applied to a cafe/lounge car.
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| Title | Train Union Pacific |
| Description | The Union Pacific Railroad's M-10003, M-10004, M-10005, and M-10006 (pictured) were four identical diesel-electric streamliner train 2-car power sets delivered in May, June, and July 1936 from Pullman-Standard with engines and internal locomotive equipment by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. One was for the City of San Francisco, two were for the City of Denver, and one was a spare set that ran on both routes. The City of Denver (M10006 and M10005)was a passenger train route operated jointly by the Chicago and North Western (CNW) and Union Pacific (UP) railroads. The train operated on both railroads' rights of way between Chicago, Illinois, and Denver, Colorado. In 1955 the Milwaukee Road assumed the service, replacing the Chicago and Northwestern between Chicago and Omaha. This train service was the fastest long-distance passenger train in the world when it debuted in 1936, traversing the 1,048 miles in as little as 16 hours (an average of about 65 miles per hour). After approximately a year of running that service, during which the train and its sister M-10005 had moved 129,000 passengers and traveled 765,000 miles (1,231,000 km) between the two, the train was renumbered CD-06 in June 1937, and added the rebuilt first power car of LA-4 (ex M-10004) as its third power car in June 1939. It was withdrawn alongside the other units during March 1953 and scrapped. NOTE: The name City of Denver has also been applied to a cafe/lounge car. |
| Subjects | Pullman_Train_Cars; |
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| Date | -00-00 |
| Format | Photograph (all forms) |
| Identifier | 10806: pfp.12.28.07.254 |
| Rights | The Pullman State Historic Site provides reproductions of items from its collections for personal or research use. If an image is to be reproduced in any type of publication or on the web, written permission is required and use fees may be assessed. Digitization of some of the items in this collection was developed pursuant to a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, an Office of the Secretary of State using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act. |
| Collection | Pullman State Historic Site |
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