San Francisco Challenger

*San Francisco Challenger*
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Western United States
First service	1936
Last service	1947
Successor	Gold Coast
Former operators	Chicago and North Western Railway; Union Pacific Railroad; Southern Pacific Railroad;
Route
Termini	Chicago, Illinois; Oakland, California
Line used	Overland Route
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

StatusDiscontinued

First service1936

The San Francisco Challenger was a train operated by Southern Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. Starting in 1936, it ran from Oakland, California to Chicago, Illinois via the Overland Route. Schedule was about 60 hours—three nights and two days. In 1947 it was replaced by the Gold Coast, which was discontinued in January 1955.^[1]

v t e Named trains of the Chicago and North Western Railway
400s	The 400/ Twin Cities 400 Capitol 400 City of Milwaukee 400 Commuter 400 Dakota 400 Flambeau 400 Kate Shelley 400 Minnesota 400 Peninsula 400 Rochester 400 Shoreland 400 Valley 400
Overland Route	Challenger City of Denver City of Los Angeles City of Portland City of San Francisco Forty-Niner Gold Coast Los Angeles Challenger Los Angeles Limited Overland Limited Pacific Limited Portland Rose San Francisco Challenger San Francisco Overland Limited The Columbine The Nightingale
Other Named Trains	Arrowhead Limited Ashland Limited Ashland Mail Corn King Limited Duluth-Superior Limited Iron & Copper Country Express Minnesota & Black Hills Express North Western Limited Northwoods Fisherman Rochester-Minnesota Special The Commuter The Mondamin The North American The Shoreland The Valley The Victory The Viking The Winnebago

v t e Passenger trains of the Southern Pacific
Named trains	49er Acadian Apache Argonaut Arizona Limited Beaver Californian Cascade Coast Mail Coaster Coos Bay Limited Del Monte El Costeño El Yaqui Fast Mail Golden Rocket Golden State Grand Canyon Hustler Imperial Klamath Lark Newsboy Oil Fields Flyer Oregon & California Express Oregonian Owl Limited Peninsula Commute Rogue River San Jose Limited Seashore Express Senator Shasta Express Shasta Limited Shasta Limited De Luxe Shore Line Limited Starlight Statesman Sunbeam Sunset Limited Suntan Special Tehachapi Tonopah Express West Coast
Daylights	Coast Daylight Daylight Limited Morning Daylight Noon Daylight Sacramento Daylight San Joaquin Daylight Shasta Daylight
Overland Route	Challenger City of San Francisco San Francisco Challenger San Francisco Overland Pacific Limited Gold Coast Saint Louis Express
See also	East Bay Electric Lines Pacific Electric Peninsular Railway Red Electric Lines

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