Running Trains

Now that the layout is almost finished, I have turned my attention to completing and running the trains.

Here is a team of Alco PA/PB/PA diesels pulling the full 12 car consist for the Super Chief passenger train through the Rocky mountains. This was the configuration most often used for the trip from Kansas City to Los Angeles in the very early 1950s.

The cars were usually run in the following order: Baggage, Railway Post Office (RPO), Sleeper, Sleeper, Dome, Diner, Lounge, Sleeper, Sleeper, Sleeper, Sleeper, Observation.