Oriental Limited

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Oriental Limited
Oriental Limited in the Cascade range in Washington state
Overview
Service typePassenger
StatusDefunct
SuccessorWestern Star
Empire Builder
Current operator(s)Great Northern Railway and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Route
TerminiChicago
Seattle

The Oriental Limited was a

Seattle, Washington, and by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad between St. Paul and Chicago.[1] The train's name was intended to be evocative of travel to the Far East and Japan, since trans-Pacific Great Northern steamships
once connected with the railway's trains in Seattle.

The Oriental Limited name was in use by December 1905 as a St. Paul–Seattle train;[2] the route was extended to Chicago in 1909. A new Pullman-equipped train debuted in June 1924 powered by an oil-burning steamer with electric power utilized in western Washington.[3]

It was the premiere train on its route until 1929 when the

Western Star in 1951.[6]

References

  1. ^ Guthrie 2004, p. 82
  2. ^ Hidy et al. 2004, p. 121
  3. ^ Hidy et al. 2004, p. 179
  4. ^ Hidy et al. 2004, p. 180
  5. ^ Guthrie 2004, p. 84
  6. ^ Hidy et al. 2004, p. 245

Bibliography

  • Dubin, Arthur D. (1964). Some Classic Trains. Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing Co. .
  • Guthrie, C. W. (2004). All Aboard! for Glacier: The Great Northern Railway and Glacier National Park. Farcountry Press. .
  • Hidy, Ralph W.; Hidy, Muriel E.; Scott, Roy V.; Hofsommer, Don L. (2004). The Great Northern Railway: A History. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. .