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The North Coast Limited was a named passenger train operated by the Northern Pacific Railway between Chicago and Seattle via Bismarck, North Dakota.It started on April 29, 1900, and continued as a Burlington Northern Railroad train after the merger on March 2, 1970 with Great Northern Railway and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
The North Coast Limited was the Northern Pacific's flagship passenger train. The North Coast Limited was the premier passenger train operated by the Northern Pacific Railway between Chicago and Seattle via Butte, Montana and Homestake Pass. It commenced service on April 29, 1900, served briefly as a Burlington Northern train after the merger on ...
The Mainstreeter was a passenger train on the Northern Pacific Railway between Chicago, Illinois, and the Pacific Northwest from 1952 to 1971. When the North Coast Limited got a faster schedule in November 1952 the Mainstreeter was introduced, running roughly on the North Coast's old schedule but via Helena.
The North Coast Hiawatha was a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago, Illinois, and Seattle, Washington.. The train was a successor to the Northern Pacific Railway's North Coast Limited and Mainstreeter.
North Coast Hiawatha: Amtrak: Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington [1973] 1971–1979 North Coast Limited: Northern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: Chicago, Illinois–Seattle, Washington–Tacoma, Washington [1948] 1900–1971 North Michigan Special: Michigan Central Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad
In its first year of using Slumbercoaches on the North Coast Limited, the Northern Pacific Railway averaged a 27 (out of 32 available) room occupancy rate, and a 34 (out of 40 at full capacity) passenger occupancy rate." [1] In late 1964 and early 1965, the Northern Pacific bought eight Slumbercoaches second-hand.