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Grand Canyon Limited | |
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Overview | |
Service type | Inter-city rail |
Status | Discontinued |
Locale | Midwestern and Southwestern United States |
First service | June 29, 1929 |
Last service | May 1, 1971 |
Former operator(s) | Santa Fe |
Route | |
Termini | Chicago Los Angeles |
Average journey time | 51 hours, 10 minutes (westbound) 48 hours (eastbound) |
Service frequency | Daily |
Train number(s) | 23 and 24 |
Line(s) used | Grand Canyon Railway, Southern Transcon |
On-board services | |
Seating arrangements | Chair cars Dormitory lounge car |
Sleeping arrangements | Roomettes Double bedrooms |
Catering facilities | Dining car |
Baggage facilities | Baggage car |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Operating speed | 43.7 mph (70.3 km/h) (westbound) 46.6 mph (75.0 km/h) (eastbound) |
The Grand Canyon Limited was one of the named passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It was train Nos. 23 & 24 between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.