(Chicago, Burlington
&
Quincy Notes)
NOTE
for Nos. 49 and 44: No train baggageman. Checked baggage
carried only
for through movement between Chicago and St. Paul-Minneapolis and not
to or from intermediate points.
Equipment
Between
Chicago and the Pacific Northwest
EMPIRE
BUILDER.
WESTBOUND
Buffet
Observation Lounge Car
Chicago to Seattle.
Sleeping
Cars
Chicago to Seattle - Drawing-room, Duplex Roomettes,
Observation, Double Bedrooms and Sections.
Chicago to Portland.
Double
Bedrooms, Duplex Roomette, Sections.
Dining
Car
Chicago
to Seattle.
Lounge-Coffee
Shop
Chicago to Seattle.
Day-Nite
Coaches (Seats Reserved).
Chicago to Seattle.
Chicago
to Portland.
Coach
Chicago
to Seattle (not reserved).
EASTBOUND
Buffet
Observation Lounge Car
Seattle to Chicago.
Sleeping
Cars
Seattle to Chicago - Drawing-room, Duplex Roomettes,
Observation, Double Bedrooms and Sections.
Portland to Chicago.
Double
Bedrooms, Duplex Roomettes, Sections.
Dining
Car
Seattle
to Chicago.
Lounge-Coffee
Shop
Seattle to Chicago.
Day-Nite
Coaches (Seats Reserved).
Seattle to Chicago.
Portland
to Chicago.
Coach
Seattle
to Chicago (not reserved)
All
Cars Air-Conditioned
(Great Northern Notes)
THE
NEW EMPIRE BUILDER
CHICAGO,
ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, SEATTLE AND PORTLAND
with Direct
Connections to
TACOMA, BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CALIFORNIA
CONSIST
Observation-Lounge
Car (also contains 2 Double Bedrooms and 1 Drawing-room) between
Chicago and Seattle. Observation-Lounge-Cafe Car between Spokane and
Portland via S. P. & S. Ry.
Special
Standard Pullman Cars—2 Cars, each containing 16 Duplex Roomettes and
4 Double Bedrooms between Chicago and Seattle; a car with 8 Duplex
Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms and 4 Sections between Chicago and
Seattle; a car with 8 Duplex Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms and 4
Sections between Chicago and Portland (via S. P. & S. Ry.
between
Spokane and Portland).
Luxury Day-Nite Coaches
between Chicago and Seattle, and between Chicago and Portland (via S.
P. & S. Ry. between Spokane and Portland). Each coach has 48
reclining seats. 60 reclining seat coach between Chicago and Seattle.
All coach seats reserved in advance (no extra cost).
Lounge-Coffee
Shop Car between Chicago and Seattle.
Dining Car Service between Chicago and
Seattle,
Tacoma and Portland.
THROUGH CAR
SERVICE
WEST
AND NORTH
Train No. 1—The
New Empire Builder.
Completely Air-Conditioned.
No
Extra Fare. Radio.
Observation-Lounge-Sleeping
Car...Chicago
to Seattle—2 Double Bedrooms, 1 Drawing-room. (Car 19.)
Observation-Lounge-Cafe Car
from Spokane to Portland via S. P. & S. Ry.
Pullman Standard Sleeping
Cars...Chicago
to Seattle—8 Duplex Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms and 4 Sections. (Car
15.)
Chicago
to Seattle—16 Duplex Roomettes and 4 Double Bedrooms, 2 Cars. (Cars
16-17.)
Chicago to Portland—8 Duplex Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms
and 4 Sections (S. P. & S. Ry. from Spokane). (Car P-18.)
Lounge-Coffee Shop Car...Chicago
to Seattle.
Dining
Car Service...Chicago to Seattle, Tacoma and Portland.
Luxury
Day-Nite Coaches...Chicago to Seattle, 2 Cars—each
containing 48
reclining seats—(Cars 100-101), 1 car—60 reclining seats—(Car
160)—all seats reserved in advance (no extra cost).
Chicago to
Portland, 1 car—48 reclining seats—all reserved in advance (no
extra cost) (S. P. & S. Ry. from Spokane). (Car P-102.)
Tickets—see note.
EAST
AND SOUTH
Train No. 2 - The New Empire Builder.
Completely
Air-Conditioned.
No Extra Fare. Radio.
Observation-Lounge-Sleeping
Car...Seattle to Chicago—2 Double Bedrooms, 1
Drawing-room. (Car 29.)
Observation-Lounge-Cafe
Car from Portland to Spokane via S. P. & S. Ry.
Pullman
Standard Sleeping Cars...Seattle to Chicago—8 Duplex
Roomettes, 4
Double Bedrooms and 4 Sections. (Car 25.)
Seattle to Chicago—16 Duplex Roomettes and 4 Double Bedrooms, 2 Cars. (Cars 26-27.)
Portland
to Chicago—8 Duplex Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms and 4 Sections (S.
P. & S. Ry. to Spokane). (Car P-28.)
Lounge-Coffee
Shop Car...Seattle to Chicago.
Dining Car Service...Portland,
Tacoma and Seattle to Chicago.
Luxury
Day-Nite Coaches...Seattle to Chicago, 2 Cars—each
containing 48
reclining seats—(Cars 200-201), 1 car—60 reclining seats—(Car
260)—all seats reserved in advance (no extra cost).
Portland
to
Chicago, 1 car—48 reclining seats—all reserved in advance (no extra
cost) (S. P. & S. Ry. from Spokane). (Car P-202.)
Tickets—see note.
Note—All one-way and round-trip tickets will be honored on the New Empire
Builders (Nos. 1-2) except as follows: tickets endorsed Clergy,
Charity, Employee, D. V. S., V. A. H., Blind and Attendant, Blind and
Guide Dog, will not be honored. Circus, Show, Banana Messenger,
Drover's or Caretaker's tickets and Live Stock Contracts will not be
honored.
(Spokane, Portland
&
Seattle Notes)
EQUIPMENT
S.
P. & S. No. 1-2, G. N. No. 1-2—The Streamlined Empire Builder—Between Portland, and Chicago via S. P. & S.-G. N.-C. B.
& Q.
1-48 reserved seat day-nite coach (seats must be reserved in advance.
No extra charge.) No. P202 eastbound. No. P102 westbound. 1 standard
car, 8 roomettes, 4 double bedrooms, 4 sections. No. P28 eastbound and
No. P18 westbound. Between Portland and Spokane only: 1-68 seat deluxe
coach (seats not reserved), buffet lounge observation car.
While the Union Pacific's City of Portland had been serving that Pacific Northwest terminal city since 1935, the Great Northern Railway was the first to introduce streamliner service between Chicago and Seattle when its newly upgraded Empire Builder entered service on February 23, 1947. The new diesel-powered train's 45 hour schedule cut a full 13½ hours off the time card of its heavyweight predecessor.
View Great Northern's advertisement for the new Empire Builder. (PDF format, 638K)