"Statistics Prove the Success of the Streamliners" from Railway Age magazine October 14, 1939. Alton; Abraham Lincoln/Ann Rutledge Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785,300 lbs. Locomotive & 8 cars- 1 baggage-smoker, 2 chair, 1 dining-lunch counter, 1 lounge, 2 parlor, 1 parlor-observation. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 1, 1935 Operation: Chicago to St. Louis (1 round trip daily- each train) Daily mileage per train:. . . . . . . . . 564 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . .57.8 mph 7/1/35-6/1/39; Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . . . 120 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . . $2.79 AT&SF; Chicagoan/ Kansas Citian Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620,000 lbs. Locomotive & 7 cars- 1 Baggage-Mail, 2 chair cars, 1 club-chair, 1 Diner, 1 Parlor- Observation. On weekends 1 extra chair car each train. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 17, 1938 Operation: Chicago to Wichita ( 1 round trip daily per train) Daily Mileage per train: . . . . . . . . . 671 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . . 60 mph 4/17/38 - 6/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . . . 79 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . . $1.68 AT&SF; Super Chief Weight of train (cars only): . . . . . 1,028,000 lbs. 2 Locomotives & 11 cars- 1 Club-Baggage, 1 Club-Lounge, 1 Diner, 5 Sleepers, 1 Sleeper- Observation. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st train- 6/15/37, 2nd train- 2/22/38 Operation: Chicago to Los Angeles (1 round trip per train per week) Weekly mileage per train: . . . . . . . . . 4,456 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . . . 56.6 mph 6/15/37 - 6/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . . . . 81 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . . . $2.22 AT&SF; Chief Weight of train (cars only): . . . . . . . 1,320,000 No Locos. Listed & 11 cars- 1 Mail, 1 Baggage-Mail, 1 Club-Baggage, 1 Club- Lounge, 1 Diner, 5 Sleepers, 1 Sleeper-Observation. (Add. Ltwt. Sleepers as needed). Operation: Chicago to Los Angeles (each train in turn around service) Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 22, 1938 Daily mileage per train: . . . . . . . . . . 743 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . . . 47.6 mph AT&SF; El Capitan Weight of trains (cars only): . . . . . . 526,000 lbs. 1 Locomotive & 7 cars- 1 Baggage- Chair, 2 Chair, 1 Chair-Club-Bar, 1 Lunch counter-Diner, 1 Chair-Observation. Placed in Service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 1, 1938 Operation: Chicago to Los Angeles Weekly mileage per train: . . . . . . . . .4,456 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . . .56.6 mph 2/22/38-6/1/39 Average Passengers per train: . . . . . 102 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . . $1.82 AT&SF; San Diegan Weight of train (cars only): . . . . . . . 694,000 I Locomotive & 8 cars- 1 Baggage mail, 4 Chairs, 1 Tavern- Lunch counter, 1 Parlor- Observation. (2-3 chairs added on weekends) Placed in Service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 27, 1938 Operation: Los Angeles to San Diegeo (2 round trips daily) Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . . . 52.8 3/27/38-6/1/39 Average passengers per train: . . . . . 124 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . . $ 1.69 Boston & Maine; Flying Yankee Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231,600 lbs. 3 cars- 1 Power-Baggage- Buffet, 1 coach, 1 Coach-Observation. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 1935 Operation: Portland, ME. To Boston, MA. Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733 (6 days per week) 4/1/35-5/31/39 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . . . $1.38 CB&Q; Pioneer Zephyr Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302,800 lbs. 4 cars- 1 Power-Baggage-Mail, 1 Dinette-coach, 1 Coach-Parlor. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 11, 1934 Operation: Lincoln-Omaha-Kansas City Daily Mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . . . 47 mph. 11/11/34-6/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . . . . 43 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . . $1.09 CB&Q; Sam Houston Zephyr / Texas Rocket Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288,700 lbs. 4 cars - 1 Power-Baggage, 1 dinette-coach, 1 coach-parlor Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 21, 1935 Operation: Ft. Worth-Dallas-Houston (1 rnd trip daily per train) Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . . . 66.6 mph 4/21/35-6/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . . . . . 51 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . . . $1.03 C.B.&Q.; Twin Zephyrs ( 2 trains) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759,420 lbs. 1- power unit, 1 Baggage-tavern, 2 coaches, 1 dinette-coach, 1 Diner, 1 Parlor, 1 Parlor- Lounge. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 18, 1936 Operation: Chicago and Minneapolis (1 rnd trip daily for each of 2 trains) Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882 Overall scheduled speed : . . . . . . . . . 66.6 mph 12/18/36 - 6/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . . . . . 97 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . . . . $1.82 C.B.&Q.; Denver Zephyrs (2 trains) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,563,545 lbs. 2- Power units, 1 mail-express, 1 baggage-tavern, 1 dinette-coach, 2 coaches, 1 diner, 3 sleepers, 2 bedroom cars, 1 parlor-lounge. Placed in Service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 8, 1936 Operation: Chicago & Denver ( 1 train each direction daily) Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,036 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . . . . . 64.8 mph 11/8/36 - 6/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . . . . . . 117 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.81 C.B.&Q.; Mark Twain Zephyr Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246,540 lbs. 1-Power-baggage, 1 baggage-express, 1 dinette-coach, 1 coach-parlor. Placed in Service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 28, 1935 Operation: St.Louis & Kansas City Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . . . . . 60 mph 10/28/35-6/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . . . . . . 40 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.97 C.B.&Q.; Gen. Pershing Zephyr Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609,820 lbs 1 Power-baggage, 2 coaches, 1 dining-parlor car. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 30, 1939 Operation: St. Louis & Kansas City Daily Mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . . . . 55.8 mph C.M.St.P.& P.; Morning Hiawatha (2 trains) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . .Westbound; 1,836,000 lbs Eastbound; 1,665,000 lbs 1 Loco., 1 express, 1 RPO, 1 tap-buffet-express, 3 coaches, 1 diner, 1 drawing room-parlor, 1 beavertail observation. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 21, 1939 Operation: Chicago & Minneapolis Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . . . . 53.9 mph 1/21/39-5/31/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . . . . . 82 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . . . . $2.85 C.M.St.P.& P.; Afternoon Hiawatha (2 trains) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,428,000 lbs 1 Loco., 1 tap-buffet-express, 4 coaches, 1 diner, 2 drawing room-parlor, 1 beavertail observation. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 29, 1935 Operation: Chicago & Minneapolis Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . . . . 63.1 mph 5/29/35-5/31/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . . . . . 187 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . . . . $3.80 C.R.I.& P.; Peoria Rocket Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572,600 lbs 1 Power unit, 1 baggage-dinette, 2 coaches, 1 observation-lounge. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 19, 1937 Operation: Chicago & Peoria (2 trips daily) Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . 59.9 mph 9/26/37-6/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . . 83 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . $1.66 C.R.I.& P.; Des Moines Rocket Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572,600 lbs 1 Power unit, 1 baggage-dinette, 2 coaches, 1 observation lounge. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 26, 1937 Operation: Chicago & Des Moines Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . 59.9 mph 10/26/37-6/1/39 Ave. Passenger per train: . . . . . . . 92 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . $1.84 C.R.I.& P.; Kansas City-Dallas Rockets (2 trains) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580,984 lbs 1 Power unit, 1 baggage-dinette, 1 coach, 1 coach-observation-lounge. 1 baggage-mail added each train 5/15/39. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 15, 1938 Operation: Kansas City & Dallas Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . . 62 mph 11/15/38-6/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . . 46 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . $0.932 C.R.I.& P.;Kansas City-Minneapolis Rockets(2 trains) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,400 lbs 1 Power unit, 1 baggage-dinette, 1 coach, 1 coach-observation-lounge. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . .September 29, 1037 Operation: Kansas City & Minneapolis Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . 53.8 mph 9/29/37-6/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . 60 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . $1.23 G.M.& N.; The Rebels (2 trains) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480,000 lbs 1 Power-mail-baggage, 1 buffet-coach, 1 coach, 1 sleeper-observation. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . July 10, 1935 Operation: New Orleans & Jackson, TN Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 7/10/35-6/30/39 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . . $0.62 I.C.; Green Diamond Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460,000 lbs 1 Power unit, 1 baggage-mail-express, 1 coach, 1 coach-diner, 1 lounge-diner. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . May 17. 1936 Operation: Chicago & St. Louis Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588.4 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . 60 mph 5/17/36-5/31/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . 64 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . $1.26 N.Y.C.; Twentieth Century Ltd. (4 trains) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . Loco. & Tender = 681,900 Train = 1, 730,515 Total = 2,412,415 lbs 1 Loco., 1 mail-baggage, 1 club-lounge, 1 roomette, 2 roomette-bedroom, 3 compartment- bedroom-drawing room, 2 diners, 2 bedroom, 1 observation. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . June 15, 1938 Operation: New York & Chicago Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 961 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . 60 mph 6/15/38-5/31/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . 93 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . $3.43 N.Y.N.H.& H.; The Comet Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . 260,590 lbs. 2 Power-coach units, 1 coach. (Train had a power coach at each end to avoid turning) Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . June 5, 1935 Operation: Boston & Providence, R.I. Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Weekdays 440 Sundays 352 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . .48 mph 6/5/35-6/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . 41 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . $1.00 PRR; Broadway Ltd. (2 trains) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,033,000 lbs (excluding Loco.) 1 Loco., 1 mail, 1 baggage, 1 roomette, 1 bar-lounge-bedroom, 1 compartment-bedroom- drawing room, 1 bedroom,1 master room-bedroom-buffet-observation. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . June 15, 1938 Operation: New York & Chicago Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . 56.7 mph Reading; Crusader Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994,815 lbs 1 Loco., 2 parlor-observation, 2 coaches, 1 dining-tavern car. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . December 13, 1937 Operation: Philadelphia & Jersey City, NY Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . 60 mph Seaboard: Silver Meteor (PRR) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 055,934 lbs 1 Power unit, 1 coach-baggage-dorm, 1 coach-tavern-lounge, 1 diner, 3 coaches, 1 obseration- lounge. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . . February 2, 1939 Operation: New York & Miami, New York & St. Petersburg Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 895 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . 55.8 mph 2/2/39-6/30/39 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . $2.78 SP; The Sunbeam (2 trains) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . 694,700 lbs 1 Loco, 1 baggage, 2 coach-chair, 1 articulated coach-chair, 1 parlor, 1 diner-observation. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . September 19, 1937 Operation: Houston & Dallas Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . . 59.5 mph 9/19/37-5/31/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . . 42 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . . $1.20 SP; The Daylights (2 trains) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . .Locomotive = 754,000 Train = 1,352,000 Total = 2,106,000 lbs 1 Loco., 1 baggage-coach, 8 coaches, 1 tavern, 1 coffee shop diner, 1 diner, 1 parlor, 1 parlor- observation. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . March 21, 1937 Operation: San Francisco & Los Angeles Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . 48.2 mph 3/21/37-6/30/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . 344 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . $4.92 U.P.; City of Salina Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . 247,660 lbs 1 Power-baggage, 1 coach, 1 coach-buffet Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . January 31, 1935 Operation: Salina,KS - Kansas City, MO - Topeka, Ks - Kansas City, MO - Salina Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . 560 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . Salina-KC 53.4 mph, Topeka-KC 60 mph 1/31/35-7/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . 49 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . $0.786 U.P.; City of Denver (2 trains)(C&NW) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . 1,348,345 / 1,341,140 lbs 2 Power units, 1 Aux.-baggage, 1 baggage-mail,1 baggage-taproom, 2 coaches, 1 diner, 2 sleepers, 1 berth-bedroom-compartment, 1 bedroom-compartment-observation. (1 drawing room-compartment-bedroom-roomette added to each train 5/11&12/ 39) Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . June 18, 1936 Operation: Chicago & Denver Daily mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,048 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . 65.4 mph 6/18/36-7/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . 92 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . .$2.19 U.P.; City of San Francisco (C&NW-SP) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 545,496 lbs 3 Power units, 1 Aux.-baggage-dorm, 1 chair, 1 diner-kitchen, 1 diner, 1 dorm-club, 3 sleepers, 2 drawinf room-compartment, 2 bedroom, 1 roomette, 1 observation-lounge. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . June 14, 1936 Operation: Chicago & San Francisco Monthly mileage: . . . . . . . . . . 22,600 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . 56.8 mph 6/14/36-7/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . 132 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . $3.72 U.P. City of Portland (C&NW) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . 1,064,300 lbs 2 Power units, 1 Aux.-baggage, 1 baggage-dorm-kitchen, 3 sleepers, 1 bedroom-compartment, 1 coach, 1 coach-buffet, 1 diner-lounge. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . (7 car train) June 6, 1935/ (11 car train) March 27, 1939 Operation: Chicago & Portland, OR Monthly mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . 22,720 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . 57.4 mph 6/6/35-7/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . 77 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . $1.42 U.P.; City of Los Angeles (13 car train) (C&NW) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500,240 lbs 2 Power units, 1 Aux.-baggage-dorm, 2 coaches, 1 diner-kitchen, 1 diner, 3 sleepers, 2 bedroom-compartment, 1 observation-lounge. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . May 15, 1936 Operation: Chicago & Los Angeles Monthly mileage:. . . . . . . . . . . 22,995 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . 59 mph 5/15/36-7/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . 109 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . $2.51 U.P.; City of Los Angeles (17 car train) (C&NW) Weight of train: . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 512,264 lbs 3 Power units, 1 Aux.-baggage-dorm, 2 chair, 1 diner-kitchen, 1 diner, 1 dorm-club, 2 sleepers, 2 drawing room-compartment, 1 roomette, 2 bedroom, 1 observation. Placed in service: . . . . . . . . . . . December 27, 1937 Operation: Chicago & Los Angeles Monthly mileage: . . . . . . . . . . . 22,995 Overall scheduled speed: . . . . . 59 mph 12/27/37-7/1/39 Ave. Passengers per train: . . . . 135 Revenue per train mile: . . . . . . $3.30