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Valley Flyer (ATSF Train)
The ''Valley Flyer'' was a short-lived List of named passenger trains, named train, passenger train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the United States. The all-Passenger car (rail)#Heavyweight vs. lightweight, heavyweight, "semi-streamlined" train ran between Bakersfield, California, Bakersfield and Oakland, California (through California's San Joaquin Valley on the railway's Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Valley Division, Valley Division, hence the name) during the 1939–1940 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island, San Francisco, Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. Motive power was two Baldwin Locomotive Works, Baldwin-built 1300 class 4-6-2, 4-6-2 "Pacific" locomotives refurbished and decorated for the train. It was the Santa Fe's first attempt at streamlining older steam power. History The first run was on June 11, 1939. The train left Bakersfield daily at 6:30 a.m. PST and arrived in Oakland at 12:35 p.m., then returned at 1:55 p. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inter-city Rail
Inter-city rail services are Express train, express trains that run services that connect cities over longer distances than Commuter rail, commuter or Regional rail, regional trains. They include rail services that are neither short-distance commuter rail trains within one city area nor slow regional rail trains stopping at all stations and covering local journeys only. An inter-city train is typically an express train with limited stops and comfortable carriages to serve long-distance travel. Inter-city rail sometimes provides international services. This is most prevalent in Europe because of the proximity of its 50 countries to a 10,180,000-square-kilometre (3,930,000-square-mile) area. Eurostar and EuroCity are examples. In many European countries, the word InterCity or Inter-City is an official brand name for a network of regular-interval and relatively long-distance train services that meet certain criteria of speed and comfort. That use of the term appeared in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
