Re: [CBQ] Re: Lincoln passenger service

["Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>]

David

That's excellent, thanks very much.

Rupert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bn13814" <dpj1974@mediacombb.net>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 12:28 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Lincoln passenger service


> My March 1969 Official Railway Guide shows that Train No. 35 from Kansas City 
> to Omaha continued on to Billings, MT via Lincoln 
> and No. 41.
>
> Equipment noted:
>
> SLEEPING CAR, Omaha to Alliance, NE - 6 Section, 6 Roomettes, 4 Double 
> Bedrooms
>
> RECLINING SEAT CHAIR CARS, Kansas City to Omaha (No. 35) and Omaha to 
> Billings (No. 41)
>
> Counterpart No. 42 ran Billings, MT to Omaha via Lincoln then continued to 
> Kansas City as No. 36.
>
> Same equipment as on Nos. 35 & 41.
>
> My January 1967 Official Guide shows that westbound was No. 21 from KC to 
> Omaha and No. 43 from there to Billings. Eastbound it 
> was Nos. 42 & 20. A Dining-Lounge Car ran on No. 21 only.
>
> Schedules going back to the 1950s do not give Nos. 42 and 43 a name.
>
> David P. Jordan
> Dunlap, Illinois
>
> "Can anyone advise details of the overnight passenger service that ran 
> north-westwards from Lincoln until 1969?  I'm particularly 
> seeking the number, name and destination."



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