Evening star., 1941-06-15
New Trains
Will Serve
VacatiOnists
Summer to Bring
More Streamliners;
Buses Improved

fallrCaQ ana 1HOtOr DuS executives
made plans to handle a record vol
ume Of summer "all-American" va
cation travel, and now, with fea-
tured trips heavily booked, they are
enjoying the satisfaction Of seeing
their predictions proved well
founded.
Determined to take full advantage
of the expected increase of inter-
est in this country's scenic treasures
with the outbreak of war in Europe,
American railroads placed orders for
many more bright Streamliners, ar
ranged special tours and offered
numerous genuine travel bargains.
These policies have been continued
and expanded this year.
All roads emphasize that de luxe
service is available to the vacationer
with a modest budget-that the
breath-taking beauties of the rails
are not for the wealthy alone. No
longer is travel by coach an en-
ervating ordeal, making the passen-
ger wish he had a second vaca ton to
recuperate. Go coach and 60 in
style" is the watchword of many
line, luxury, speed and economy
being offered in one bundle.
New Places to Discover.
That Americans will make dis
coverieS of new places to go within
the United States is assured by the
efforts individual States and groups
of States to present their attrac-
tions and recreational advantage to
the travelling public. Pleasure trips
westward long have been dominated
by the dramatic beauty of the Ma
tional Parks and the travellers de-
sire to go all the way to the shores
of the Pacific. But the scenic wealth
of intervening States-the wooded
and lake SplaShed country of Wis
consin and Minnesota, for instance
Is being brought to the attention of
vacationists as their guardians gain
assurance in the belief that their
facilities are adequate enough and
modern enough to satisfy discrim-
mating Fasteners, for never have
these regions lacked confidence in
their travel appeal. In the East,
Tennessee is pointing to the T. V. A.
area as a national play land and
also to the fact that the State in
cludes a part of the Great Smokes
National Park.
The expositions in New York City
and San Francisco are things of the
past, but the great circle" tours
they inspired are being continued.
Under this arrangement, the vaca-
toner may pay a reasonable fiat
charge for transportation and then
plot out course taking him from
his home to one coast Of the United
States, then to the other and,
finally, back to the starting point.
Another is the traVel-0n- n-Credlt idea
which eliminates the necessity of
having a large lump sum on hand
before starting a vacation trip. To
those who want their automobile
at hand whenever not actually on
a train, the agents say, Check it
through" This enables one to have
his car available for leisurely side
trips from his principal deStina-
ton
Those who prefer to travel by bus
will find the great circle" idea is
available to them as well.
= Escorted Tours Developed.
In the West the escorted tour
by rail has been developed in
elaborate detail. The Burlington
Route, in cooperation with Great
Northern and Northern Pacific, lists
more than a score of itineraries,
providing trips of from six days to
three weeks and more. Glacier Ma
tional Park, Yellowstone National
Park, Grand Canyon and the Black
Hills country are among the attrac-
tions covered. The Chicago and
North Western and the Union Pa
ciflc combine to present similar
tours, taking the traveller into the
colorful regions of Colorado, Cali
fornia and the Pacific Northwest.
Escorted tours are sold on an
nll-eXpense basis, including hotel
Accommodations at StopoVerS. Related
motor tours can be worked into the
various itineraries.
A 250-mile motor trip through the
Black Hills, available without addi-
tional rail fair to passengers en- route
to Yellowstone, the Wyoming-Mon-
tana dude ranch country or the
Pacific Northwest, again is being
offered by the Burlington. This line
now has daily through sleeping car
service from Chicago to three Yel-
lowStone gateWays, and will re-es
tablish its Buffalo Bill June 25.
This train, operating thrice-weekly
between Denver and Cody, Wyo,
provides a convenient means of in
Guiding both the Yellowstone and
Colorado Rockies in trip.
To the roster of diesel stream
liners, the Chicago and North West
ern, Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific are adding two new models.
These 17-car speedsters will op-
crate every third day between Chi
cago and the West Coast on 39$ =
hour schedule. The roads are proud
of the f1ashy color scheme ''harbor
mist gray" roof, sides of bright
yellow and scarlet trim.
Taps Lake Louise Area.
The Union Pacifc-C Chicago &
North Western Mountaineer re-
turns to daily service in the Chi
cago-Pacific Northwest run June
90, and the Wisconsin Lakes Special
begins its season Friday, running
weekly thereafter. These lines also
provide frequent de luxe service
to the Arrowhead country and tc
Sun Valley, Idaho, the resort de-
veloped by Union Pacific.
Choice of the Mountaineer out OF
Chicago permits arrival in the Ca
madam resorts, Banf and Lake
Louise, the second morning out
after a l pm. departure. This train
through the Canadian Rockies tc
Vancouver, and steamer connections
for Victoria and Seattle will resume
service June 90.
The Rio Grande now has auA
mented service between Denver and
Pueblo, Colo, two new trains
making better connections possible