(Pennsylvania RR Notes)
THROUGH CAR
SERVICE NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON AND RICHMOND
Coaches
on all trains unless otherwise noted. All Trains Air-Conditioned.
SOUTHWARD
No. 125—THE
REPRESENTATIVE AND BIRMINGHAM SPECIAL (via Southern Ry. and N.
& W. Ry.).
Sleeping Cars...New
York to Birmingham—(8 Sections, 5 Double Bedrooms).
New York
to
Nashville—(12
Sections, Drawing-room). (Via Southern Ry., N. & W. Ry. and N.
C. & St. L. Ry.)
New York
to Knoxville—(12 Sections, Drawing-room). (May be
occupied until 7:30 a.m.)
Parlor
Cars...New York to Washington.
New York
to
Washington—(Buffet Lounge).
Dining
Car...New York to Washington.
THROUGH CAR
SERVICE RICHMOND, WASHINGTON, BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK.
Coaches
on all trains unless otherwise noted. All Trains Air-Conditioned.
NORTHWARD
No. 3d
176—THE
BIRMINGHAM SPECIAL
(via N. & W. Ry. and Southern Ry.).
Sleeping Cars...Birmingham
to New York—(8 Sections, 5 Double Bedrooms).
Nashville
to New York—(12 Sections, Drawing-room) (via N. C.
& St. L. Ry., N. & W. Ry. and Southern Ry.).
(Southern Ry. System Notes)
Trains Nos.
17-35
and 36-18—BIRMINGHAM SPECIAL.
Sleeping Cars—New
York-Birmingham, 8-Section, 5 Double Bedroom.
New
York-Nashville,
12-Section 1 Drawing-room, via Chattanooga and NC&StL Ry.
New
York-Knoxville, 12-Section, 1 Drawing-room, southbound.
(Northbound No. 42.) (May be occupied until 7:30 a.m. at Knoxville.)
Washington-Birmingham,
12-Section, 1 Drawing-room.
Washington-Memphis,
8-Section Restaurant-Lounge.
Dining Car Service
(See Note).
Coaches.
Individual Reclining-Seat
Coaches
between Washington and Birmingham.
Regularly
assigned cars Air-conditioned.
Note:
Southern
Railway System Dining Car Service
Trains
Nos. 17 and 18, between Washington-Roanoke and Knoxville-Birmingham.
Trains
Nos. 17-35 and 36-18, between Washington-Memphis
(Pullman-Restaurant-Lounge Car).
(Norfolk & Western
Notes)
THROUGH CAR
SERVICE
All Sleeping
Cars
referred to below are Standard Cars—12-Section, 1 Drawing-room—unless
otherwise designated.
No.
17
Sleeping
Cars...New York to Knoxville. (Northbound in train No.
42.)
New York
to Nashville.
Washington
to Memphis
(8-Section Restaurant Lounge).
New York
to Birmingham
(8-Section, 5 Double Bedroom).
Washington
to Birmingham.
Coaches...Washington
to Birmingham.
Dining
Car.
No.
18
Sleeping
Cars...Nashville to New York.
Memphis
to
Washington (8-Section Restaurant Lounge).
Birmingham
to New
York (8-Section, 5 Double Bedroom).
Birmingham
to Washington.
Coaches...Birmingham
to Washington.
Dining
Car.
All
Regularly assigned cars Air-Conditioned.
One of the most famous songs of the Big Band era was said to have been inspired by a trip that the songwriting team of Harry Warren and Mack Gordon took aboard the Birmingham Special. It became the big production number in the movie Sun Valley Serenade, which was released in late 1941. The 78-rpm single version of the classic tune, recorded by Glenn Miller and his orchestra, was released in May of 1941 and became perhaps the first recording ever to be recognized by its publisher as a "gold record" when it sold over a million copies in less than a year. The song was, of course, Chattanooga Choo-Choo.