(Union Pacific Notes)
Westbound
No. 103—DOMELINER, CITY
OF LOS
ANGELES.
Daily.
Radio
and Recorded Musical Programs.
Dome
Observation-Lounge..Chicago to Los Angeles—for use of sleeping
car passengers.
Streamlined
Sleeping Cars..Chicago to Los Angeles—11 Double Bedrooms
Chicago
to Los Angeles—5 Double Bedrooms, 2 Compartments, 2
Drawing-rooms.
Chicago
to Los Angeles—10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms
Chicago
to Los Angeles—5 Double Bedrooms - Club
New
York to Los Angeles—10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms (N.Y.C. No.
17 daily).
New
York to Los Angeles—10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms (P.R.R. No.
1-59 to Chicago).
Omaha
to Los Angeles—6 Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms, 6 sections.
(Occupancy 9:30 p.m.)
Dome
Dining Car...Club and a la carte service.
Cars
to Chicago run via
C.M.St.P. & P. to Omaha
No.
107—CHALLENGER DOMELINER. Daily.
Club
Lounge Car...Chicago to Los Angeles.
Reclining
Seat-Leg Rest Coaches..Chicago to Los Angeles (all seats
reserved).
Dome
Coach...Chicago to Los Angeles—36 Leg Rest Seats—All Reserved.
Dining
Car...Chicago to Los Angeles—Challenger meals. Complete table
service. Also club and a la carte service.
Eastbound
No.
104—DOMELINER, CITY OF LOS ANGELES. Daily.
Radio
and Recorded Musical Programs.
Dome
Observation-Lounge..Los Angeles to Chicago—for use of sleeping
car passengers.
Streamlined
Sleeping Cars..Los Angeles to Chicago—11 Double Bedrooms
Los
Angeles to Chicago—5 Double Bedrooms, 2 Compartments, 2
Drawing-rooms.
Los
Angeles to Chicago—10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms
Los
Angeles to Chicago—5 Double Bedrooms - Club
Los
Angeles to New York—10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms (N.Y.C. No.
68 east of Chicago).
Los
Angeles to New York—10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms (P.R.R. No.
58-2 east of Chicago).
Los
Angeles to Omaha—6 Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms, 6 sections.
(Occupancy at Omaha until 7:30 a.m.)
Dome
Dining Car...Club and a la carte service.
Cars
to Chicago run via C.M.St.P. & P. to Omaha
No.
108—CHALLENGER DOMELINER. Daily.
Club
Lounge Car...Los Angeles to Chicago.
Reclining
Seat-Leg Rest Coaches..Los Angeles to Chicago (all seats
reserved).
Dome
Coach...Los Angeles to Chicago—36 Leg Rest Seats—All Reserved.
Dining
Car...Los Angeles to Chicago—Challenger meals. Complete table
service. Also club and a la carte service.
Note:
Limited handling of baggage on these trains; consult agent.
NOTE: Passengers with
tickets routed via Union Pacific between Omaha, Kansas City or St.
Joseph, Mo., Leavenworth, Kan., and Daggett, Cal., or beyond are
entitled to a free side-trip from Las Vegas to Hoover Dam (Lake Mead)
and return.
(Milwaukee
Road
notes)
EQUIPMENT
All
Cars Are Air-Conditioned
DOMELINER
"CITY OF LOS ANGELES"
Nos.
103 and 104—Daily
BETWEEN CHICAGO AND LOS
ANGELES
Dome Observation Lounge Car
Pullman Sleeping Cars—10 Roomettes, 6
Double Bedrooms [1038].
11
Double Bedrooms [1036].
5 Double
Bedrooms, Club Car [1035].
5 Double
Bedrooms, 2 Compartments, 2 Drawing-rooms [1037].
Dome Dining Car—(Club and a la carte
service).
Cafe Lounge Car—(Club and a la carte
service).
BETWEEN NEW
YORK AND LOS
ANGELES
Pullman Sleeping Cars—10 Roomettes, 6
Double Bedrooms [1710]. (In N.Y.C. System No. 17
westbound and No. 68 eastbound between New York and Chicago.)
10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms [PA-1].
(In P.R.R. No. 1-59 westbound
and No. 58-2 eastbound between New York and Chicago.)
Some
of these cars do not
operate every trip. Consult ticket agent for
particulars.
"CHALLENGER" DOMELINER
Nos.
107 and 108—Daily
BETWEEN
CHICAGO AND LOS
ANGELES
Club Lounge Car.
Dome Coach—(Leg rest seats reserved - Dome
seats not reserved)
[1072].
Reclining Seat-Leg Rest Coaches—(All seats
reserved)
[1070-1071-1073-1074-1075].
Dining Car.
Car numbers
shown are
westbound numbers.
Note: Limited handling of baggage on these trains; consult
agent.
The Santa Fe had introduced its "Pleasure Dome" lounge with the private "Turquoise Room" on its flagship Super Chief in 1951. Not to be outdone, the Union Pacific placed its own order for new dome equipment, and the Streamliner City of Los Angeles became the Domeliner City of Los Angeles effective with the arrival of the new "Astra-Domes" in 1955. The new equipment featured dome diners, unique to Union Pacific, with their own private "Gold Room" on the lower level for small private parties.
At this time as well, UP's Challenger was consolidated with the City of Los Angeles. The trains retained separate numbers and were marketed separately; coach passengers were assigned to the Challenger section while the City portion became all-Pullman. It is not clear from the timetable whether they were operated as a combined whole or as first and second sections; perhaps both as according to passenger demand.
Also effective in 1955, the Milwaukee Road replaced the Chicago and North Western as UP's partner railroad between Omaha and Chicago. This association would continue until the handover of passenger service to Amtrak in 1971.