a non-articulated train in late 1937. A trio of EMC E2 diesel locomotives pulled a baggage-dormitory car, two 52-seat coaches, a coffee shop-kitchen car, a dining car, a dormitory-buffet lounge, seven sleeping cars of varying configurations, and a buffet-lounge-observation car. Union Pacific added a second articulated trainset in 1938, the M-10004. Its configuration was similar to the M-10002: two power units, a baggage-dormitory, 40- and 48-seat coaches, a coffee-shop kitchen, a diner, an 11-section sleeper, two 7-double bedroom 2-compartment sleepers, two more 11-section sleepers, and a buffet-lounge-observation car. The second articulated trainset was replaced with an eleven car non-articulated train powered by an EMC E3 twin locomotive set in March 1939. In July 1941 the E3 locomotive set was replaced with a three unit E6 set and the consist expanded to 14 cars. The two three-locomotive, 14 car trains were joined after the end of the war by new E7-powered trains, establishing daily service in 1947. The E2 locomotives were traded in 1953. A typical City of Los Angeles train consist around 1955 included: EMD E9 A-B-A diesel locomotive set Mail express 5707 Baggage 5606 Baggage dormitory 3107 Placid series sleeper 11-double bedroom Placid Lake Placid series sleeper 11-double bedroom Placid Dune Sleeper 4-4-2 Imperial Hill Astra Dome diner 8008 Sleeper 4-4-2 Imperial Club Sleeper 5-2-2 Ocean Beach Sleeper 5-2-2 Ocean Bay Astra Dome lounge observation 9009 Gallery Station stops Station stops, 1950 Chicago, IL (Chicago & North Western) Clinton, IA Cedar Rapids, IA Ames, IA Boone, IA Omaha, NE (Union Station) Fremont, NE (departing passengers only) Columbus, NE (departing passengers only) Kearney, NE (departing passengers only) Grand Island, NE North Platte, NE Sidney, NE Cheyenne, WY Laramie, WY Rawlins, WY Green River, WY Evanston, WY Ogden, UT Salt Lake City, UT Milford, UT Las Vegas, NV San Bernardino, CA Riverside, CA East Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA Time Table Sample Time Tables, 1947 - 1953 Notes:Bold numbers indicate P.M. indicates the day after departure indicates two days after departure Compare the run time to that of Amtrak's Desert Wind in 1979: Westbound (train 35) 48 hours and 30 minutes. Eastbound (train 36) 48 hours and 00 minutes. See also Passenger train service on the Chicago and North Western Railway Passenger train service on the Milwaukee Road Passenger train service on the Union Pacific Railroad Notes References External links Passenger trains operating on the eve of Amtrak Passenger trains