ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois
Mileage:
1950: 13,074 including subsidaiary roads
1995: (prior to merger with Burlington Northern) 9,126
Locomotives owned as of 1963:
Diesel: 1,855
Rolling stock owned as of 1963:
Freight cars: 84,439 Passenger: 1,235
Principal routes as of 1950:
Chicago-Los Angeles via Kansas City, Mo. and La Junta, Colo.
Emporia, Kansas-Galveston, Texas via Oklahoma City, Okla., Fort Worth and Houstan, Texas
Emporia, Kansas-Dalies, New Mexico
Barstow-Richmond, Calif.
Temple-Farwell, Texas
Denver-La Junta, Colo.
Albuquerque, New Mexico-El Paso, Texas
Dallas- Presidio, Texas
Kansas City-Tulsa
Principal passenger trains:
Super Chief (Chicago-Los Angeles)
El Capitan (Chicago-Los Angeles)
The Chief (Chicago-Los Angeles)
Grand Canyon (Chicago-Los Angeles)
The Scout (Chicago-Los Angeles)
San Francisco Chief (Chicago-San Francisco)
Texas Chief (Chicago-Houston)
San Diegan (Los Angeles-San Diego)
Tulsan (Kansas City-Tulsa)
Chicagoan (Dallas-Kansas City-Chicago)
Golden Gate (Los Angeles-San Francisco)
BALTIMORE & OHIO
Headquarters: Balitmore, Maryland
Mileage: 1950: 10,000
Locomotives owned as of 1963:
Diesel: 491
Rolling stock owned as of 1963:
Freight cars: 59,152 Passenger: 654
Principal routs as of 1950:
Jersey City, N.J. (New York)-Baltimore, MD.-Pittsburgh,PA.-Chicago
Washington, D.C.-Point of Rocks, MD.
Cumberland, MD.-Cincinnati, Ohio-St.Louis, MO.
Detroit, Mich.-Toledo, Ohio-Cincinnati
Hamilton, Ohio-Beardstown, Ill
Pittsburg-Buffalo/Rochester, N.Y.
Akron-Cleveland, Ohio
Midland City, Ohio-Columbus, Ohio-Pittsburgh
Principal passenger trains (alphabetically):
Ambassador (Baltimore-Detroit)
Capitol Limited (Jersey City-Washington-Chicago)
Cincinnatian (Detroit-Cincinnati; later, Baltimore-Washington-Cincinnati)
Columbian (Washington-Chicago)
Diplomat (Jersey City-Washington-St. Louis)
Metropolitan Special (Washington-St. Louis)
National Limited (Jersey City-Washington-St. Louis)
Royal Blue (Jersey City-Washington)
Shenandoah (Jersey City-Washington-Chicago)
BOSTON & MAINE
Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts
Mileage:
1950: 1,700 1995: 1,350
Locomotives owned as of 1963:
Diesel: 235
Rolling stock owned as of 1963:
Freight cars: 5,490 Passenger: 155
Principal routes as of 1950:
Boston-Dover, Mass.-Portland, Me.
Boston-White River Junction, Vt.
Boston, Mass.-Troy, N.Y.
Boston-Portsmouth, N.H.-Portland, Me.
Springfield, Mass.-Berlin, N.H.
Worcester-Lowell Junction, Mass.
Worcester-Gardner, Mass.
South Ashburnham, Mass-Bellows Falls, Vt.
Dover, N.H.-Intervale, N.H.
Notable passenger trains (alphabetically):
Alouette (Boston-Montreal)
Ambassador (New York/Bostn-Montreal)
Cheshire (Boston-White River Junction)
Day White Mountains (New York-Berlin, N.H.)
Flying Yankee (Boston-Bangor, Maine)
Green Mountain Flyer (Boston-Montreal)
The Gull (Boston-Halifax, N.S.)
Kennebec (Boston-Portland-Bangor)
Montrealer/Washingtonian (Washington-Montrial)
Pine Tree (Boston-Portland-Bangor)
Red Wing (Boston-Montreal)
State Of Maine (New York-Portland)
CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois
Mileage:
1950: 9,693 1995: 5,300
Locomotives owned as of 1963:
Diesel: 744
Rolling stock owned as of 1963:
Freight cars: 41,383 Passenger: 447
Principal lines circa 1950:
Chicago-Freemont/Omaha, Neb.
Freemont-Lander, Wyo.
Nelson, Ill.-Madison, Ill. (St. Louis)
Chicago-Minneapolis, Minn., via Madison and Wyeville, Wis.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Rapid City, S. Dak., via Wyeville, Wis., and Mankato, Minn
Eau Claire, Wis-Duluth, Minn
Chicago-Milwaukee, Wis. via Kenosha, Wis.
Chicago-Milwaukee via Bain, Wis.
Milwaukee-Green Bay via Manitowoc, Wis.
Milwaukee-Green Bay via Fond du Lac, Wis.
Green Bay-Ashland, Wis., via Rinelander
Green Bay-Ishpeming, Mich.
Powers, Mich.-Hurley, Wis.
Minneapolis/St. Paul-Omaha via Mankato
Lake Crystal (Mankato)-Des Moines, Iowa
Notable passenger trains (alphabetically):
Ashland Limited (Chicago-Green Bay-Ashland)
Dakota "400" (Chicago-Madison-Huron, S Dak.)
Duluth-Superior Limited (Chicago-Madison-Duluth)
Flambeau "400" (Chicago-Green Bay-Ashland)
Kate Shelly "400" (Chicago-Boone, Iowa)
North Western Limited (Chicago-St.Paul-Minneapolis)
Peninsula "400" (Chicago-Green Bay-Ishpeming)
Shoreland "400" (Chicago-Milwaukee-Green Bay)
Twin Cities "400" (Chicago-St. paul-Minneapolis)
Valley "400" (Chicago-Green Bay-Menominee, Mich.)
C&NW also was a forwarder for Union Pacific's famed fleet of
streamliners and Domeliners (e.g., City of Los Angeles, City of Portland) between Chicago and Omaha until 1955