Equipment Used
A wide variety of steam- and diesel-powered locomotives served the Grand Canyon Limited over the course of its lifetime.
The original rolling stock delivered for the second-class Grand Canyon Limited consisted of all heavyweight cars built by the Pullman-Standard. The equipment used on both trains was as follows:
- a Baggage-Dormitory-Buffet Smoking Car
- two "Chair" cars (Coaches)
- a Dining car
- three compartment and drawing-room Sleepers
- a full open-end Observation / Parlor car
Train consists varied daily as traffic density fluctuated; the train often ran in two or three sections during the summer months.
Near the end of its career, in 1968, reflecting the dwindling passenger traffic of the time, a typical consist between the Chicago and Kansas City portion of the trip was as follows:
- Two Alco PA's
- One Streamline Baggage Car
- Two coaches
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