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Union Pacific introduced the City of Los Angeles on May 15, 1936, and the City of San Francisco on June 14. But it used the front cover of this timetable to feature the City of Denver , which was inaugurated on June 18. Other than the City of Salina (now recognized by that name in this timetable), the City of Denver was so far the only daily streamliner. Note also that the M-10000/M-10001 image on the back cover (shown below) was replaced by the M-10004 City of San Francisco, which was the same design used

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On May 31, the Burlington had pre-empted the UP when it introduced the coach-only Advance Denver Zephyr , which was the original Pioneer Zephyr and Mark Twain Zephyr diverted from their regular routes so Burlington could get a leg up on the Union Pacific. UP naturally responded by advertising that the City of Denver was the “only 16-Hour streamline train with Pullman accomodations between Chicago and Denver.” Burlington’s sleeping-car equipped Denver Zephyr wouldn’t enter service until November. Continue re

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