(Great Northern Notes)
GREAT NORTHERN
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK IN THE MONTANA ROCKIES
PULLMAN, COACH AND DINING CAR SERVICE
| Type of Car. | Car No. | Between
Accommodations |
West
and
North | East
and
South |
DAILY POOL SERVICE BETWEEN
SEATTLE-TACOMA-PORTLAND.
TRAINS 401 and 402. |
| Reclining Seat Coaches. | | | Seattle-Portland. |
| Sleepers. | 4013-14 | 4023-24 | Seattle-Portland.
Sections, Bedrooms, Roomettes. |
TRAINS 407 and 408. |
| Reclining Seat Coaches. | | | Seattle-Portland. |
| Diner. | | | Seattle-Portland. |
| Sleepers. | | 113-4-5 | Seattle-San Francisco. (No. 408)
Roomettes, Bedrooms, Compartments and Drawing-rooms (connecting with So. Pac. Train 11 at Portland). |
Parlor.
(NP car.) | 4070 | 4080 | Seattle-Portland.
14 seats. |
TRAINS 457 and 458. |
| Reclining Seat Coaches. | | | Seattle-Portland. |
| Diner. | | | Seattle-Portland. |
| Sleepers. | 123-4-5 | | San Francisco-Seattle. (No. 457)
Roomettes, Bedrooms, Compartments and Drawing-rooms (connecting with So. Pac. Train 12 at Portland). |
Parlor-Lounge.
(Un. Pac. Car.) | 3 | 3 | Seattle-Portland.
28 seats. |
TRAINS 459 and 460. |
| Reclining Seat Coaches. | | | Seattle-Portland. |
Parlor Car.
(Grt. Nor. car.) | 4600 | 4590 | Seattle-Portland.
26 seats. |
| OCCUPANCY OF SLEEPING CARS |
| May be
occupied at | Must be
vacated at | | | May be
occupied at | Must be
vacated at |
| Chicago | 9:30 p.m. | 8:00 a.m. | | Portland | 9:30 p.m. | 7:30 a.m. |
| Duluth | 9:00 p.m. | 8:00 a.m. | | Seattle | 9:30 p.m. | 7:30 a.m. |
| Minneapolis | 9:00 p.m. | 8:00 a.m. | | Spokane | 9:30 p.m. | 8:00 a.m. |
(Northern Pacific Notes)
NORTHERN PACIFIC
RAILWAY
"Main Street of the
Northwest"
EQUIPMENT OF
LOCAL TRAINS
Nos. 401 and
402—SEATTLE-TACOMA-PORTLAND. DAILY.
Pullman
Standard Sleeping Cars—
Seattle
and Portland—Sections, Bedrooms, Roomettes. (Cars
4013 and 4014 northbound, Cars 4023 and 4024 southbound.)
Reclining Seat Coaches...Seattle-Tacoma
and Portland.
Nos. 407 and
408—SEATTLE-TACOMA-PORTLAND. DAILY.
Pullman
Standard Sleeping Cars...Seattle
to San Francisco—Roomettes, Double Bedrooms, Drawing-rooms
and Compartments (3 cars). Cars Nos. 113, 114 and
115. (From Portland, via S. P. Train No. 11.)
Holiday-Lounge Car (Railway Owned) (4080 southbound and 4070 northbound) and Dining Car...Seattle and Portland.
Reclining Seat Coaches...Seattle and Portland.
Nos. 457 and
458—PORTLAND-TACOMA-SEATTLE. DAILY.
Pullman Standard Sleeping Cars...San
Francisco to Seattle—Roomettes, Double Bedrooms, Drawing-rooms and
Compartments (3 cars). Cars Nos. 123, 124 and 125 (to Portland, via S.
P. Train No. 12.)
Parlor Car (Railway Owned), Dining Car
and Reclining Seat Coaches...Portland and
Seattle.
Nos. 459 and
460—PORTLAND-TACOMA-SEATTLE. DAILY.
Parlor Lounge Car
(Railway Owned), and Reclining Seat Coaches—Portland and
Seattle. Sandwiches and refreshments by train sales service.
All regularly assigned cars are Air-Conditioned.
(Union Pacific Notes)
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
EQUIPMENT—TRAINS NOT SHOWN CARRY NO SLEEPING CARS
| Westbound |
Eastbound |
|
No. 401—Daily.
Streamlined Sleeping Cars...Portland to Seattle—Sections, Roomettes, Bedrooms. Sleepers open at Portland 9:30 p.m.; parked at destination until 8:00 a.m.
Reclining Seat
Coaches...Portland to Seattle.
|
No. 402—Daily.
Streamlined Sleeping Cars...Seattle to Portland—Sections, Roomettes, Bedrooms. Sleepers open at Seattle at 9:30 p.m.; parked at Portland until 7:30 a.m.
Reclining Seat
Coaches...Seattle to Portland. |
No. 407—Daily.
Parlor Car...Portland to Seattle. (R.R. owned. Reclining Seat
Coaches...Portland to Seattle. Dining Car...Serving necessary meals en route. | No. 408—Daily.
Streamlined Sleeping Cars...Seattle to Chicago—6 Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms, 6-Sections (No. 106 from Portland). Seattle to San Francisco—6 Double Bedrooms. 10 Roomettes. (Cars 113-114.) (S. P. 11 south of Portland.) Seattle to San Francisco—4 Compartments, 4 Double Bedrooms, 2 Drawing-rooms. (Car 115.) (S. P. No. 11 south of Portland.) Parlor Car...Seattle to Portland. (R. R. owned.) Reclining Seat
Coaches...Seattle to Portland. Dining Car...Serving necessary meals en route. |
No. 457—Daily—Domeliner.
Astra Dome Observation Lounge...Portland to Seattle. (For parlor and sleeping car passengers only.) Parlor Car...Portland to Seattle. (R.R. owned). Astra Dome Room Parlor Car...Portland to Seattle (R. R. owned)—8 Duplex Roomette, 3 Compartments, 2 Drawing-rooms. Streamlined Sleeping Cars...Chicago to Seattle—6 Roomettes, 4 Double Bedrooms, 6-Sections (No. 105 to Portland). San Francisco to Seattle—6 Double Bedrooms, 10 Roomettes. (Cars 123-124.) (S. P. 12 south of Portland.) San Francisco to Seattle—4 Compartments, 4 Double Bedrooms, 2 Drawing-rooms. (Car 125.) (S. P. No. 12 south of Portland.) Dome Coach...Portland to Seattle (all seats reserved). (Special coach tickets not honored.) Reclining Seat
Coaches...Portland to Seattle (not reserved). Astra Dome Dining Car...Portland to Seattle. | No. 458—Daily—Domeliner.
Astra Dome Observation Lounge...Seattle to Portland. (For parlor and sleeping car passengers only.) Parlor Car...Seattle to Portland. (R.R. owned). Astra Dome Room Parlor Car...Seattle to Portland (R. R. owned)—8 Duplex Roomette, 3 Compartments, 2 Drawing-rooms. Dome Coach...Seattle to Portland (all seats reserved). (Special coach tickets not honored.) Reclining Seat
Coaches...Seattle to Portland (not reserved). Astra Dome Dining Car...Seattle to Portland. |
No. 459—Daily.
Parlor Car (R.R. owned)...Portland to Seattle.
Reclining Seat
Coaches...Portland to Seattle. | No. 460—Daily.
Parlor Car (R.R. owned)...Seattle to Portland. Reclining Seat
Coaches...Seattle to Portland. |
We're drawing near the end of the Union Pacific 1957 Summer Tours series with this service, which was used by the "PNW" Pacific Northwest tour group between their Portland stop and Tacoma, Washington. There the vacationers would board buses for Mt. Rainier National Park, with a two-night's stay at the Paradise Inn. From there they would move on to Bremerton and the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (with a topside tour of the USS Missouri and the Japanese surrender plaque) before departing by ferries to Seattle and then, after an overnight stay, Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Ferries to Vancouver? When there was (and is) a perfectly good railroad line along the way? Yes, but that railroad line was owned and controlled by the Great Northern...and their hospitality ended at Seattle. It would appear that despite their shared passenger service between Portland and Seattle and some other cooperative ventures, there was much bad blood between Union Pacific and the Hill roads Great Northern and Northern Pacific. If you read through the equipment listings from the various roads' timetable entries you will see nary a peep about dome cars or through sleepers between Chicago and Seattle in the Great Northern and Northern Pacific pages which refer to this route...even though those through sleepers operated in Northern Pacific train 408 southbound between Seattle and Portland!