Union Pacific's Challenger: An Unusual Passenger Train, 1935-1971

For the first time detailed coverage of the Union Pacific/Chicago & Northwestern passenger trains tells the entire story of this innovative line. Complete with coaches and tourist sleepers the UP and C&NW in 1935 inaugurated a transcontinental train tailored to middle-class passengers. On its new line UP provided stewardess-nurses special womens coaches distinctive dining on special china lounges and other amenities normally associated with the best first-class trains. Read how the trains expanded into a fleet despite the soft passenger market.