The Mainstreeter was a passenger train on the Northern Pacific Railway between Chicago, Illinois, and the Pacific Northwest from 1952 to 1971. When the North Coast Limited got a faster schedule in November 1952 the Mainstreeter was introduced, running roughly on the North Coast's old schedule but via Helena. Unlike the North Coast the Mainstreeter was not a true streamliner as it carried both new lightweight and traditional heavyweight coaches. It replaced another train, the Alaskan. The name referred to the Northern Pacific's slogan, "Main Street of the Northwest." While Amtrak did not retain the train as part of its initial route structure, it created a new train named the North Coast Hiawatha several months afterwards. That train ran until 1979.
Unlike many other trains the Mainstreeter did not have specific sets of equipment built for it. Cars that were specific to included the so-called "Holiday Lounges," a set of five parlor-buffet lounges built by Pullman-Standard and delivered in July 1956. The Northern Pacific numbered these cars 487–491.[2]: 237 The June 1960 Official Guide of the Railways listed the following for westbound #1:[3]: 940
Holiday Lounge (St. Paul–Seattle)
Sleeping car (Chicago–Seattle)
Sleeping car (Chicago–Seattle)
Sleeper-buffet-lounge (Spokane–Portland)
Dining car (St. Paul–Pasco)
Various coaches
The two sleeping cars had 8 duplex roomettes, 6 roomettes, 3 double bedrooms and a compartment. These were built by Pullman-Standard in 1948 for the North Coast Limited.[2]: 235
Referencesedit
^Strauss, John F. (Jr.) (2001). Northern Pacific Pictorial Volume 5 — Domes, RDCs and Slumbercoaches. La Mirada, California: Four Ways West Publications. ISBN1-885614-45-4.
^ abWayner, Robert J., ed. (1972). Car Names, Numbers and Consists. New York: Wayner Publications. OCLC 8848690.
mainstreeter, passenger, train, northern, pacific, railway, between, chicago, illinois, pacific, northwest, from, 1952, 1971, when, north, coast, limited, faster, schedule, november, 1952, introduced, running, roughly, north, coast, schedule, helena, unlike, n. The Mainstreeter was a passenger train on the Northern Pacific Railway between Chicago Illinois and the Pacific Northwest from 1952 to 1971 When the North Coast Limited got a faster schedule in November 1952 the Mainstreeter was introduced running roughly on the North Coast s old schedule but via Helena Unlike the North Coast the Mainstreeter was not a true streamliner as it carried both new lightweight and traditional heavyweight coaches It replaced another train the Alaskan The name referred to the Northern Pacific s slogan Main Street of the Northwest While Amtrak did not retain the train as part of its initial route structure it created a new train named the North Coast Hiawatha several months afterwards That train ran until 1979 MainstreeterThe Holiday Lounge on the Mainstreeter OverviewService typeInter city railStatusDiscontinuedLocaleWestern United StatesPredecessorAlaskanFirst serviceNovember 15 1952 1 Last serviceApril 30 1971SuccessorNorth Coast HiawathaFormer operator s Northern Pacific RailwayRouteTerminiChicago IllinoisSeattle WashingtonDistance travelled2 228 miles 3 586 km On board servicesSleeping arrangementsSleeping carsBaggage facilitiesBaggage carTechnicalTimetable number s 1 2Route mapvteLegend 2301 mi3703 km Portland Union Station Columbia RiverBridge OregonWashington 2291 mi3687 km Vancouver Washington 2247 mi3616 km Stevenson 2225 mi3581 km Bingen White Salmon 2195 mi3533 km Wishram To Portland via SP amp S 2319 mi3732 km Seattle King Street Station Stampede Pass Tunnel 2195 mi3533 km Ellensburg 2158 mi3473 km Yakima 2069 mi3330 km Pasco 1923 mi3095 km Spokane WashingtonIdaho IdahoMontana Pacific TimeMountain Time 1893 mi3046 km Athol 1665 mi2680 km Missoula 1597 mi2570 km Garrison Helena 1545 mi2486 km Butte 1474 mi2372 km Logan Helena 1450 mi2334 km Bozeman Bozeman Pass Tunnel 1425 mi2293 km Livingston Gardiner 1310 mi2108 km Billings 1208 mi1944 km Forsyth 1163 mi1872 km Miles City 1084 mi1745 km Glendive MontanaNorth Dakota 979 mi1576 km Dickinson 878 mi1413 km Mandan Missouri River Mountain TimeCentral Time 873 mi1405 km Bismarck 771 mi1241 km Jamestown 679 mi1093 km Fargo North DakotaMinnesota 568 mi914 km Staples To Duluth Superiorvia NP trains 57 58 438 mi705 km Minneapolis Northern PacificChicago Burlington amp Quincy 427 mi687 km St Paul Union Depot MinnesotaWisconsin 326 mi525 km Winona Junction Winona 297 mi478 km La Crosse 239 mi385 km Prairie du Chien WisconsinIllinois 184 mi296 km East Dubuque Dubuque 38 mi61 km Aurora 0 Chicago Union StationEquipment editUnlike many other trains the Mainstreeter did not have specific sets of equipment built for it Cars that were specific to included the so called Holiday Lounges a set of five parlor buffet lounges built by Pullman Standard and delivered in July 1956 The Northern Pacific numbered these cars 487 491 2 237 The June 1960 Official Guide of the Railways listed the following for westbound 1 3 940 Holiday Lounge St Paul Seattle Sleeping car Chicago Seattle Sleeping car Chicago Seattle Sleeper buffet lounge Spokane Portland Dining car St Paul Pasco Various coaches The two sleeping cars had 8 duplex roomettes 6 roomettes 3 double bedrooms and a compartment These were built by Pullman Standard in 1948 for the North Coast Limited 2 235 References edit Strauss John F Jr 2001 Northern Pacific Pictorial Volume 5 Domes RDCs and Slumbercoaches La Mirada California Four Ways West Publications ISBN 1 885614 45 4 a b Wayner Robert J ed 1972 Car Names Numbers and Consists New York Wayner Publications OCLC 8848690 Official Guide of the Railways New York National Railway Publication Co June 1960 OCLC 6340864 External links editMainstreeter on American Rails com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mainstreeter amp oldid 968205543, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
