San Francisco Challenger

The San Francisco Challenger was a train operated by Southern Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. Starting in 1936, it ran from Oakland, California to Chicago, Illinois via the Overland Route. Schedule was about 60 hours-- three nights and two days. In 1947 it was replaced by the Gold Coast, which was discontinued in January 1955.

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Passenger trains of the Union Pacific Railroad

Early articulated streamliners	M-10000 M-10001 M-10002 M-10003 to M-10006
Named trains	Butte Special Challenger City of Denver City of Las Vegas City of Los Angeles City of Portland City of San Francisco City of St. Louis Los Angeles Limited Overland Flyer Overland Limited San Francisco Challenger Pacific Limited Gold Coast Saint Louis Express
Rolling stock	Astra Dome Pacific series Placid series

Named trains of the Chicago and North Western Railway
400s	Capitol 400 City of Milwaukee 400 / Commuter 400 Dakota 400 Flambeau 400 Peninsula 400 Kate Shelley 400 Minnesota 400 Rochester 400 Twin Cities 400
Overland Route	Challenger City of Denver City of Los Angeles City of Portland City of San Francisco Los Angeles Limited Overland Limited San Francisco Challenger Pacific Limited Gold Coast

Passenger trains of the Southern Pacific
Named trains	Acadian Alamo Argonaut Arizona Limited Cascade Del Monte El Yaqui Golden Rocket Golden State Imperial Lark Peninsula Commute Sunbeam Sunset Limited Suntan Special West Coast
Daylights	Coast Daylight Daylight Limited Sacramento Daylight San Joaquin Daylight Shasta Daylight
Overland Route	Challenger City of San Francisco San Francisco Challenger San Francisco Overland Pacific Limited Gold Coast Saint Louis Express

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