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UNION PACIFIC DINING CAR #3669

U.P. Diner #3669 was one of the first six wheel, 36-seat diners built by Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, purchased for the deluxe Los Angeles Limited train which traveled between Chicago and Los Angeles via the Chicago & North Western and Union Pacific Railroads.

It was described as a "palatial train for particular people... The trip between Chicago and the Coast... are ????????? of what the West stands for??????, comm????, and from an agricultural standpoint."

Aboard the Los Angeles Limited were all the expected transcontinental amenities: barber and lady's maid, heavy embossed writing paper, fingerbowls, and deluxe ambiance. The deluxe was equal to that of the finest metropolitan hotels.

Later, Diner#3669 served in the Overland Limited between San Francisco and Chicago.

With the advent of high speed Streamliners, dining cars of light weight construction became a necessity, resulting in the older and and heaver diners of #3669's class being reassigned to trains are slower schedules. Just as technological changes occur, so too do changes in styles.

"Aerodynamics" and "Streamlined" were catchphrases during the 1930s, and the battle for modernized reduction had begun. During this period, #3449's rich, mahogany interior was painted over simulate her modern, metal counterparts.

During the war years this particular car was used many ??? PULLMAN STANDARD as he serve our military forces while they were routed from base to base in the U.S. as well as he points of embarkation, and later proudly returned many veterans to their homes at the close of World War II.

DSC00151, 2010.05.16, California, Los Angeles, Griffith Park, Travel Town, Union Pacific Dining Car No. 3669, info

This car seat cost more than my textbooks. So much for using student loans as "living money". At least it's The Best and my Deadly Car Accident nightmares have subsided slightly and I'll never have to pay for a car seat again (Mmm 65lb weight limit).