Chicago StPaul/Minneapolis & Omaha RR The train that ran between StPaul/Minnapolis & Omaha in mid 1950s, the through sleeper car that went to LA was it in UP colors or C&NW colors?
We think that it was quite unlikely that C&NW-painted sleepers went past Omaha on the UP. The UP would have prefered matching colors and equipment, and the C&NW would have prefered to keep their own sleepers in the local pool. So the sleeper would have been a UP one. The C&NW was used to running mixed cars. Naturally, there are exceptions to everything, and there is probably a photo somewhere of a C&NW sleeper in LA. I think the train you refer to was the “North American”. Joe Q: I recently acquired Pat Dorins book on Michigan ore lines and saw some interesting shots of the ore loader. The photos were attributed to the historical society. Are there copies and / or blueprints of this machine ? Tom A: I do not believe we have the drawings of the loader. Joe Q: I am trying to model the Iron Country Limited in the 1950s and I am curious about the train’s consist, especially north of Green Bay and on to Ishpeming. I was told that for a time in 1955, the Georgetown University and the Fordham
