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Several months ago while driving my wife to a surgical appointment (which is why I forgot to mention it before now)we saw an old, 1940s or 1950s era bus painted in UP passenger train colors, badly faded, and with the "streamliners" logo on the side. We saw it at the Monterey/Seaside border on the morning of March 28. I'm guessing this was some sort of feeder bus, but I'm curious how it is still running, obviously not restored, but still operational. Anyone know about this curiosity that showed up on our streets?
PullmanCo Member # 1138
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If you drill into Kratville, Union Pacific Streamliners (Omaha, NE: 1975, self-published), you will find UP had a significant bus fleet running from the East Los Angeles station.
From the Oct 28, 1962 timetable, service included East LA-Pasadena-Glendale, East LA-Long Beach-San Pedro, East LA-Whittier-Anaheim. I know there is bus service offered at Spokane as well, whether it was UP internal or a vendor, I do not know. Ditto Las Vegas-Boulder City-Lake Mead.
Of course, this is also during the time when there were THREE daily departures on the UP alone to Chicago, all with Pullman service!!!
MPALMER Member # 125
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quote:Originally posted by PullmanCo: From the Oct 28, 1962 timetable, service included East LA-Pasadena-Glendale, East LA-Long Beach-San Pedro, East LA-Whittier-Anaheim.
Also see Mark Hemphill's "Salt Lake Route" book, pages 148-149 have pictures of the buses. The LA-area lines listed above followed UP branch lines.
espeefoamer Member # 2815
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I used to see UP busses in Whittier quite often as a child.
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