I’m in the process of building the City of San Francisco with the new Walthers HO “City” cars, and Walthers shows a consist for every “city” train in their folders.
According to what I have, a typical City of Denver between 1955 and 1959 would have consisted of the following:
Baggage
ACF 44 seat coach
Pullman Imperial series 4-4-2 sleeper
Pullman Pacific series 10-6 sleeper
Pullman 48 seat diner
Pullman Cafe/Lounge
Pullman American series 6-6-4 sleeper
After 1959, the City of Denver was combined with the City of Portland,with additional cars.
I imagine that additional cars would be in the consist depending on seasonal traffic patterns, but this appears to be a basic 1955-59 consist.
Thanks for the info, any idea how general the consist information from Walther’s is?
Also, if you are interested I have consist information for the City of S.F. from a the UP magazine The Streamliner for various as it passed through Green River Wy.
I have the feeling that it’s pretty general. According to the Walther’s chart, it “Provides some typical consists for UP Streamliners–actual consists varied by season and daily demands”. So I’m assuming that the seven cars listed for the City of Denver would just be the basic train–probably additional coaches and maybe a duplication for one of the Pullman types.
The reason I say this, is that their consist for the City of San Francisco only lists eight basic car types, but I remember the train usually being about fourteen cars long when I would watch it coming through Truckee, CA in the 1950’s. I would think possibly doubles for some of the Pullmans, and certainly additional coaches. For layout space, I’m just going with the basic consist as outlined by the Walthers chart.
Here’s a listing of every “City” car that Walthers is releasing:
Imperial series 4-4-2 sleeper
Placid series11 double-bedroom sleeper
Ocean series 5-2-2- sleeper
44 seat coach
48 seat diner
Cafe Lounge
Baggage-Dormitory
Baggage
Pacific series 10-6 sleeper
Dome Coach
Dome Diner
American series 6-6-4 sleeper
Observation Dome-Lounge
According to the chart, the domes were only used on City of Los Angeles, City of St.Louis and City of Portland.
I’m wondering if Googling either “Union Pacific Streamliners” or "Union Pacific City of Denver Streamliner might get you some additional information. I’m always surprised at what Google turns up.