Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Logan & San Miguel Railroad Passenger Trains

I originally posted fictional information for my model railroad on my website when I started it in November 2002, but this information, which I wrote in August 2005, was not included. I am including it now for completion.

Passenger Trains on the Logan & San Miguel Railroad

Nevadan
Union Pacific – Logan & San Miguel – Western Pacific

Seattle – PortlandBend – Reno
LIMITED STATION STOPS

Route:
Union Pacific: Seattle, WA – Portland, OR
Logan & San Miguel: Portland, OR – Bend, OR
Western Pacific (on GN): Bend, OR – Bieber, CA
Western Pacific: Bieber, CA – Reno, NV

Connections:
Portland: City of Portland, Portland Rose (UP)
Santiam: City of Logan (LSM)
Bend: Deschutes River (LSM-UP)
Klamath Falls: Cascade (SP)
Reno: City of San Francisco (SP), California Zephyr (WP)
Through cars connect with Cascade and City of San Francisco.

Equipment:
Streamlined Union Pacific equipment. Southern Pacific through cars on Nevadan in Union Pacific colors. Western Pacific provides own motive power.

Through Car Operation:

Northbound

  • Southern Pacific coaches & sleepers received from westbound City of San Francisco at Reno, NV.
  • Southern Pacific cars except one coach and one sleeper transferred to northbound Cascade at Klamath Falls, OR.
  • Remaining Southern Pacific cars continue with Nevadan to Seattle, WA.

Southbound

  • Reverse of above procedure.

 

Lake Tahoe Limited
Union Pacific – Logan & San Miguel – Western Pacific

Seattle – PortlandBend – Reno
LIMITED STATION STOPS

Peak-season complement to Nevadan, following same route on different schedule.

Route:
Union Pacific: Seattle, WA – Portland, OR
Logan & San Miguel: Portland, OR – Bend, OR
Western Pacific (on GN): Bend, OR – Bieber, CA
Western Pacific: Bieber, CA – Reno, NV

Connections:
Portland: City of Portland, Portland Rose (UP)
Santiam: City of Logan (LSM)
Bend: Deschutes River (LSM-UP)
Klamath Falls: Cascade (SP)
Reno: City of San Francisco (SP), California Zephyr (WP)
Through cars connect with Cascade and City of San Francisco.

Equipment:
Streamlined Union Pacific equipment. Western Pacific provides own motive power.

 

Deschutes River
Southern Pacific – Logan & San Miguel – Union Pacific

Eugene – LoganBend – Pendleton
LIMITED STATION STOPS

Route:
Southern Pacific: Eugene, OR – Logan, OR
Logan & San Miguel: Logan, OR – Bend, OR
Union Pacific: Bend, OR – Pendleton, OR

Connections:
Eugene: Cascade (SP)
Logan: City of Logan (LSM)
Bend: Nevadan (LSM-WP)
Pendleton: City of Portland (UP)
Through cars connect with Cascade and City of Portland.

Equipment:
Streamlined Union Pacific equipment. Southern Pacific provides own motive power.

Through Car Operation:

Northbound

  • 10-6 Sleepers, UP or SP, from northbound Cascade at Eugene, OR.
  • 10-6 Sleepers and one Coach to eastbound City of Portland at Pendleton, OR.

Southbound

  • Reverse of above procedure.

 

North Star
Union Pacific – Logan & San Miguel

Seattle – PortlandBend
LIMITED STATION STOPS

Overnight train – mostly express freight. Express cars connect to other trains.

Route:
Union Pacific: Seattle, WA – Portland, OR
Logan & San Miguel: Portland, OR – Bend, OR

Equipment:
UP motive power, assorted express boxcars & reefers, streamlined UP baggage cars, heavyweight L&SM baggage cars, streamlined UP coach, diner & sleepers.

Operation:
Some head-end cars transfer to trains such as Nevadan, Deschutes River, Cascade & City of Portland.

 

Mountaineer
Logan & San Miguel

PortlandBend
ALL STATION STOPS

Route:
Logan & San Miguel: Portland, OR – Bend, OR

Connections:
Santiam: City of Logan, Foster Mixed (LSM)

Equipment:
L&SM motive power and heavyweight & streamlined cars.

 

City of Logan
Logan & San Miguel

SantiamLogan
ALL STATION STOPS

Route:
Logan & San Miguel: Santiam, OR – Logan, OR

Connections:
Santiam: Nevadan, Mountaineer, Foster Mixed (LSM)
Logan: McKenzie River (SP)

Equipment:
L&SM or UP motive power & heavyweight cars.

 

Foster Mixed
Logan & San Miguel

SantiamFoster
ALL STATION STOPS

Route:
Logan & San Miguel: Santiam, OR – Foster, OR

Connections:
Santiam: Nevadan, Mountaineer, City of Logan (LSM)

Equipment:
Heavyweight combine as caboose on local train to Foster.

 

McKenzie River
Southern Pacific

Eugene – Logan
ALL STATION STOPS

Route:
Southern Pacific: Eugene, OR – Logan, OR

Connections:
Eugene: Cascade (SP)
Logan: City of Logan (LSM)

Equipment:
SP GP9, FP7 or PA and Harriman cars.

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