The ''City of Memphis'' was a passenger train route operated by the

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connecting Nashville's Nashville Union Station and

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.'Official Guide of the Railways,' August 1949, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis section

History

The ''City of Memphis'' was powered by one of the last steam locomotives ever streamlined. The six cars were all rebuilt and streamlined by the NC&StL shops from heavyweight cars. The six cars were originally Pullman Heavyweight Parlor Cars before purchase by the NC&STL for conversion to coaches in June 1941. The six car consist had a revenue seating capacity of 204 and was built to operate on a fast five-hour schedule between Nashville and Memphis a distance of . The train set operated a daily round trip and lasted beyond the 1957 Louisville and Nashville Railroad takeover of the NC&StL, although the name was removed from the service by 1955.

Equipment

To equip the train the railroad rebuilt six heavyweight Pullman

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s. The resulting train consisted of a baggage-mail car, a coach-dinette-lounge, two 56-seat coaches, a dining-tavern car, and a coach-lounge-observation car.

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External links

1950 timetable
* * * {{NC named trains North American streamliner trains Passenger trains of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Passenger rail transportation in Tennessee Named passenger trains of the United States Railway services introduced in 1947 Railway services discontinued in 1958