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Re:Re: (erielack) Dearborn Station picture

Although this is seems off-topic, we can come up with this.

Beginning in 1945 and lasting until 1957, PRR (and NYC and B&O) participated in transcontinental services from New York and Washington to the west coast with AT&SF, UP, UP/SP, CB&Q/D&RGW/WP and CRI&P/SP.  This involved transfers of occupied cars in Chicago among Union Station, Central, Dearborn and La Salle Street Stations.

List content?  Well . . . of the four New York/Chicago carriers (allowing B&O/RDG/CNJ), only Erie did NOT take part in transcon traffic.  Why?

Because they couldn't afford to dedicate a car? (They didn't have that many.)

Because they couldn't offer a fast enough schedule? (So what?  The second day was spent in Chicago anyway.)

Ah . . . what if . . .

Randy Brown
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I believe PRR connected w/ UP Cities trains.

Richard

Montgomery, Edward T wrote:
> A question regarding the alleged PRR Sleepter on the track with EL equipment.  I don't think it was laying over for an ATSF connection in the 1960s.  Were there any trains that connected with PRR that had through passenger equipment coming off a PRR connection that terminated at Dearborn?  There probably was back then.
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> Ed Montgomery
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