I had vaguely heard of this 1947 European relief initiative sponsored by various media interests. The most notable sponsors were columnist Drew Pearson and Hollywood's Jack Warner.
Turner Classic aired a "short" regarding this train last evening, which prompted me to do a little web research regarding the effort. It appears the train was routed LA-SP (San Joaquin to Overland)-Ogden-UP-CoB-CNW-Chi-PRR-NY.
Here are some results:
http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/ex ... _train.htm
http://www.ena.lu/europe/19451949-pione ... n-1947.htm
http://cdm.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/item_view ... =155&REC=2
http://www.tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=612600
Turner Classic aired a "short" regarding this train last evening, which prompted me to do a little web research regarding the effort. It appears the train was routed LA-SP (San Joaquin to Overland)-Ogden-UP-CoB-CNW-Chi-PRR-NY.
Here are some results:
http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/ex ... _train.htm
http://www.ena.lu/europe/19451949-pione ... n-1947.htm
http://cdm.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/item_view ... =155&REC=2
http://www.tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=612600
