Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-20


TRAINS TO BE PUT ON THE
LINE.
The passenger traffic department of
the Northern Pacific railway will ina
gurate new and greatly improved
through passenger service, effective
May %. Summer tourist fares to the
coast go into effect on May 20, and the
new service is designed to cater to the
tourist travel, which promises to be
very heavy this season on account of
the Alaskan Yukon Pacific exposition,
at Seattle, the Rose Festival, at Port
land, the National Irrigation congress,
at Spokane, the many attractions of
Tacoma and the Puget Sound region
coupled with numerous conventions to
be held on the Pacific coast during the
summer. The Northern Pacific is plan
ming to equip itself to handle its large
share of this transcontinental traffic.
There will be three daily, through,
electric-lighted, steam-heated, solid
vestibuled trains between St. Paul
Minneapolis and North Pacific coast
points. These trains will provide stand
ard and drawing room sleeping cars,
commodious leather upholstered tour
list sleeping cars, buffet library observa-
ton cars, new and thoroughly modern
day coaches, and exceptionally high
grade dining car service "a la carte.
To equip these trains, brand new cars
of various patterns have been ordered
and many of them are already being
received from the builders. This equip
ment is all of particularly strong and
heavy steel framework construction, de-
signed to insure the maximum Of safety.
The 'North Coast Limited" Grains
/ and o., famous as the crack traiafof
the northwest" will be limited n in
equipment to seven cars-electric light
ed throughout. 1t will carry first class
sleeping car passengers exclusively, and
will also carry, as heretofore, unique
buffet library observation car, entirely
for the entertainment of patrons. There
is in this car a barber, bath room, a
valet for pressing garments, Library. OF
current fiction, the popular magazines
and complete correspondence facilities.
Two large enclosed rooms afford quar-
tiers for those who desire to smoke, and
we'll stocked buffet is one Of the
pleasant features. Luxurious wicker
chairs in the spacious observation par
lor, and the recessed platform invite a
survey of ''the scenic highway through
the land of fortune, as the orthern Pa
cifc styles itself. '"'59 s:
The eastbound North Coast Linn
ited'' will provide through standard
sleeping car service from Portland, Ia
coma, Seattle. and Spokane to Chicago.
This is an innovation and is designed to
particularly appeal to tourists and ex-
position visitors who will appreciate the
convenience of occupying the same car
through without change for the trip to
Chicago. !
In addition to the North Coast Linn,
ited," tains 5 and 6-to be known as
the Exposition Special will leave
St. Paul. westbound, at 9:l5 a. M. Sc.
attic, eastbound, at 1920 pm. These
trains will provide practically the sane
accommodations and schedule as at,
forded by the present North Coast
Limited" They will carry standard and
tourist sleeping cars, day coaches and,
dining cars - all electric lighted. I"
The third train: Nos. and ALSO
electric lighted-will leave St. Paul
Minneapolis, westbound, in the even,
ing, and will.leave the coast, eastbound,
in the morning, affording convenient.
service between the many important
cities which the Northern Pacific serves.
These trains will carry the through
sleeping car, which is operated between
St. Paul Minneapolis and Yellowstone
Park, in both directions. The east
bound Exposition Special" train NJ.
s, will carry the through sleeping car
which is operated from the coast %
Yellowstone Park. 4
Through train service, consisting OF
standard and tourist sleeping cars and
dining cars. will be operated, as here
tofore, between Kansas City and North
Coast points via the Burlington and
Northern Pacific lines by way of BIZ.
lings. This train carries a through
tourist sleeping car to and from St.
Louis. q
The through sleeping cars betwee" the
east and ortland will be operated tbs
season over the new Spokane. ortlara
and Seattle line along the north ban's.
of the Columbia river, trip unsur-,
passed anywhere in point of scenic at
fractions. ~ Al
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