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A Tour Conductor’s trains

By Angela Cotey | October 23, 2009

| Last updated on November 3, 2020


In the Winter 2009 issue of Classic Trains, Jim Neubauer recalls his 1958-1961 stint as a tour conductor. The trains he rode with his groups took him from coast to coast, from Canada to Mexico, as this list shows.

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Train No., Name — To-From — Accommodation

WESTERN TOURS

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
19, The Chief — Chicago-Williams, Ariz. — Roomette
17, El Capitan — Williams-Los Angeles — Coach
74-77, San Diegans — Los Angeles-San Diego round trips — Coach
123, Grand Canyon Limited — Chicago-Grand Canyon-Riverside, Calif. — Coach
63, Golden Gate — Bakersfield-Merced-Richmond, Calif. — Coach
1, San Francisco Chief — Williams, Ariz.-Merced, Calif. — Coach

Western Pacific-Rio Grande-Burlington Route
18, California Zephyr — Oakland-Salt Lake City-Denver-Chicago — Roomettes and Lower berths

Southern Pacific
51, San Joaquin Daylight — Merced, Calif.-Oakland — Coach
9, Shasta Daylight — Oakland-Portland — Coach
75, The Lark — Los Angeles-San Francisco — Roomette (all-Pullman train)
98, Coast Daylight — San Francisco-Los Angeles — Coach

Northern Pacific
459 (pool train) — Portland-Seattle — Coach

Canadian Pacific
8, Dominion — Vancouver-Banff-Moose Jaw — Lower berth
18, Soo Dominion — Moose Jaw-Portal, N.Dak. — Lower berth

Soo Line
14, Soo Dominion — Portal-Minneapolis — Lower berth

Milwaukee Road
6, Morning Hiawatha — Minneapolis-Chicago — Parlor car seat

Union Pacific
116, City of Las Vegas — Los Angeles-Las Vegas — Coach
104, City of Los Angeles — Las Vegas-Omaha — Coach
10, City of St. Louis — Los Angeles-Las Vegas — Coach
108, Challenger — Las Vegas-Omaha — Coach

Milwaukee Road
104, City of Los Angeles — Omaha-Chicago — Coach
108, Challenger — Omaha-Chicago — Coach

MEXICO TOURS

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
7, Midnight Special — Chicago-St. Louis — Roomette (deadhead to pick up Mexican tour)
2, Abraham Lincoln — St. Louis-Chicago — Coach
1, Limited — Chicago-St. Louis — Coach

Missouri Pacific
1, 2, Texas Eagle — St. Louis-San Antonio-Laredo round trips — Coach

Nacionales de Mexico
21, 22, Aguila Azteca — Neuvo Laredo-Mexico City round trips — Lower berths

SOUTHERN TOURS

Illinois Central
53, City of Miami — Chicago-Miami — Roomette, deadhead
52, City of Miami — Jacksonville-Chicago — Roomette
1, 2, City of New Orleans — Chicago-New Orleans* — Coach
6, Panama Limited — New Orleans Chicago — Roomette (all-Pullman train)
*On one occasion, No. 1 detoured on GM&O, Jackson-Wanilla, Miss., and Mississippi Central, Wanilla-Brookhaven

Seaboard Air Line
58, Silver Meteor — Miami-Jacksonville — Coach, deadhead

EASTERN TOURS

New York Central
6, Fifth Avenue Special — Chicago-Cleveland-Buffalo — Coach
44, New York Special — Chicago-Detroit-Welland, Ont. — Coach
682, Beeliner — Niagara Falls, N.Y.-Buffalo — Coach (RDC)
50, Empire State Express — Buffalo-New York Grand Central Terminal — Coach

Pennsylvania
115, Executive — New York Penn Station-Philadelphia — Coach
155, Embassy — Philadelphia-Washington — Coach
195, West Coast Champion — Philadelphia-Washington — Coach

Baltimore & Ohio
25, Columbian — Washington-Chicago — Slumbercoach
1, Capitol Limited — Washington-Chicago — Slumbercoach

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