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The ''City of Portland'' was a named passenger train operated by the Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago and North Western Railway between Chicago, Illinois, and Portland, Oregon. It started in June 1935, using the refurbished M-10001 streamliner trainset; with only one set of equipment the train left each of its terminals five times a month (or six, for the first few months). It was the first streamliner with sleeping cars and the first streamliner running from Chicago to the Pacific coast; its 39 hour 45 minute schedule became the standard. (In April 1935 the fastest train took 59 hr 20 min Chicago to Portland.) The M-10001 was withdrawn in 1939 and replaced with another articulated trainset (but still just one). The train was the first of the 40-hour Coast streamliners to run daily, in February 1947. In 1955 the Milwaukee Road replaced the Chicago and North Western between Chicago and Omaha; from January 1959 until 1967 the train ran via Denver. The train was discontinued May 1, 1971, with the start of Amtrak. The route roughly follows the trail of the defunct Amtrak route, the ''Pioneer''. In addition to baggage, coach, and sleeping cars, about 1955 the ''City of Portland'' added an Astra Dome dome coach, dome observation lounge and dome dining car to each consist. The dome dining cars were unique to Union Pacific and were only operated on this train and the ''City of Los Angeles''. File:City of Portland postcard Union Pacific Railroad.JPG|1939 postcard. This was the first streamliner to offer Pullman service. File:City of Portland Union Pacific Railroad EMD E6A.JPG|The train headed by an EMD E6A locomotive File:Union Pacific Railroad City of Portland streamliner.JPG|The train along the Columbia circa 1955 File:Union Pacific Railroad City of Portland Astra Dome dining car.JPG|Dome dining car upper level File:Union Pacific Railroad City of Portland dining car.JPG|Dome diner lower level File:Union Pacific Railroad City of Portland Gold Room.JPG|The Gold Room-a private dining room available by reservation File:Union Pacific Domeliner upper level Astra Dome.JPG|Dome observation car upper level File:Union Pacific Domeliner Astra Dome lower level.JPG|Dome observation car lower level File:Union Pacific Domeliner observation car card room.JPG|Observation car room for playing cards File:Union Pacific Railroad Redwood Lounge 1956.JPG|''The Redwood Lounge'' car carried on the ''City of Portland'' and the ''City of Los Angeles'' File:Union Pacific Pullman car circa 1950s.JPG|Pullman car in day mode File:Union Pacific Railroad pullman compartment.JPG|Pullman compartment File:Union Pacific Railroad modern coach car.JPG|Coach car ==See also== * Passenger train service on the Chicago and North Western Railway * Passenger train service on the Union Pacific Railroad 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City of Portland (train)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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