Re: shortest sleeping car run
Author: Jim700
Date: 11-03-2009 - 23:20
ff Wrote:
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> SP TRAIN 210 THE NEWSBOY LEFT SF DAILY AT 120 A.M.
> WITH A SLEEPER ARRIVING SACRAENTO 7 AM VIA
> TRACY..STOCKTON...DURING THE 20S = 140 MILES...
> THE NWP - CWR&N SF TO FROR BRAGG PULLMAN RAN 180
> MILES = BOTH MILEAGES INCLUDE THE FERRY... AT&SF
> SAN DIEGO SLEEPERS DIDNT TERMINATE IN L.A. AT
> LEAST IN 1921 === ANY SHORTER SLEEPER RUNS THAN
> THESE?
How about the Portland - Eugene, Oregon sleeper on the Oregon Electric Railway? I don't have easy access to a timetable right now but IIRC the route was 121 miles.