The Winnipeg Limited was an overnight named passenger train operated by the Great Northern Railway 457 miles (735 km) between St. Paul-Minneapolis and Winnipeg, Manitoba. It competed on the route with the overnight Winnipeger of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway ("Soo Line"), and the Northern Pacific Railway's unnamed daytime passenger train.

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The Winnipeg Limited
The train in 1939
Overview
Service type	Overnight passenger service
Current operator(s)	Great Northern Railway
Route
Termini	St. Paul, Minnesota Winnipeg, Manitoba
Stops	28
Distance travelled	735 kilometres (457 mi)
Average journey time	12 hours 20 minutes
Train number(s)	7, 8
Route map Legend 504 mi 811 km Winnipeg 464 mi 747 km Morris 439 mi 707 km Emerson Junction 438 mi 705 km Emerson MB MN 437 mi 703 km Noyes 435 mi 700 km St. Vincent 429 mi 690 km Humboldt 422 mi 679 km Northcote 417 mi 671 km Hallock 407 mi 655 km Kennedy 403 mi 649 km Donaldson 394 mi 634 km Stephen 386 mi 621 km Argyle 376 mi 605 km Warren 367 mi 591 km Angus 359 mi 578 km Euclid 346 mi 557 km Crookston 323 mi 520 km Grand Forks 283 mi 455 km Hillsboro 244 mi 393 km Fargo Red River of the North ND MN 243 mi 391 km Moorhead 220 mi 354 km Barnesville 189 mi 304 km Fergus Falls 144 mi 232 km Alexandria 119 mi 192 km Sauk Centre 77 mi 124 km St. Cloud 11 mi 18 km Minneapolis Mississippi River 0 mi 0 km Saint Paul This diagram: view talk edit

The Great Northern Railway's Winnipeg Limited was a train that evolved into a streamliner rather than becoming streamlined all at once. The Winnipeg Limited carried neither an observation car nor a dome car but it did have a club car. A typical consist of the period used streamlined head end cars, 48-revenue seat leg-rest coaches handed down from the Western Star, a Pass-series 6-roomette, 5-double bedroom, 2-compartment sleeping car, a Glacier-series 16-duplex roomette, 4-double bedroom sleeping car both handed down from the Western Star. A Canadian National Railway Green-series 6-section, 6-roomette, 4-double bedroom sleeping car was carried between St. Paul and Winnipeg nightly in the summer season that continued on to Vancouver, British Columbia, in the Super Continental west of Winnipeg. The only two cars exclusive to the Winnipeg Limited were the two Club-series cars rebuilt by Pullman in February, 1956, from Glacier-series sleeping cars. These two Club-series cars retained their 8-duplex roomettes at one end and two of the double bedrooms. The space formerly occupied by the other two bedrooms was replaced by a buffet, and where the remaining eight duplex roomettes had been became a 12-seat dinette and 12-seat lounge area. These two cars were numbered and named 1198 Manitoba Club and 1099 Winnipeg Club and were operated one per consist. With the addition of these cars to the Winnipeg Limited on March 1, 1956, the trains were streamlined with the following consists:

Cars

First consist

• 504 EMD E7A 2,000 hp (1.5 MW) diesel passenger cab unit
• 505 EMD E7A 2,000 hp diesel passenger cab unit
• 1102 baggage 30-foot (9.1 m) railway post office car
• 246 baggage express car
• 1131 48-revenue-seat leg-rest coach
• 1127 48-revenue-seat leg-rest coach
• 1133 48-revenue-seat leg-rest coach
• 1198 Manitoba Club 8-duplex roomette 2-double bedroom buffet 12-seat dinette 12-seat lounge car
• 1376 Hart Pass 6-roomette 5-double bedroom 2-compartment sleeping car
• 1183 Hudson Glacier 16-duplex roomette 4-double bedroom sleeping car

Second consist

• 507 EMD E7A 2,000 hp diesel passenger cab unit
• 502 EMD E7A 2,000 hp diesel passenger cab unit
• 1103 baggage 30-foot railway post office car
• 249 baggage express car
• 1129 48-revenue-seat leg-rest coach
• 1121 48-revenue-seat leg-rest coach
• 1126 48-revenue-seat leg-rest coach
• 1199 Winnipeg Club 8-duplex roomette 2-double bedroom buffet 12-seat dinette 12-seat lounge car
• 1383 Inuya Pass 6-roomette 5-double bedroom 2-compartment sleeping car
• 1184 Chaney Glacier 16-duplex roomette 4-double bedroom sleeping car

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Winnipeg Limited.

• List of named passenger trains of Canada

References