Английская Википедия:City of Memphis (train)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:More footnotes Шаблон:Italic title Шаблон:Infobox rail service The City of Memphis was a Шаблон:Convert passenger train route operated by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway connecting Nashville's Nashville Union Station and Memphis, Tennessee's Memphis Union Station.[1]

History

The City of Memphis was powered by one of the last steam locomotives ever streamlined.[2] The six cars were all rebuilt and streamlined by the NC&StL shops from heavyweight cars. The six cars were originally Pullman Heavyweight Parlor Cars before purchase by the NC&STL for conversion to coaches in June 1941.[3]

The six car consist had a revenue seating capacity of 204 and was built to operate on a fast five-hour schedule between Nashville and Memphis a distance of Шаблон:Convert. The train set operated a daily round trip and lasted beyond the 1957 Louisville and Nashville Railroad takeover of the NC&StL, although the name was removed from the service by 1955.[4]

Equipment

Шаблон:Infobox train consist To equip the train the railroad rebuilt six heavyweight Pullman parlor cars. The resulting train consisted of a baggage-mail car, a coach-dinette-lounge, two 56-seat coaches, a dining-tavern car, and a coach-lounge-observation car.[5]

Notes

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References

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  1. ↑ 'Official Guide of the Railways,' August 1949, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis section
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  5. ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Wayner-1972-104 не указан текст
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