We just had a conversation about the Valley Series on another, specialized passenger list.
Valley series cars, in 1959, had assignments to the Chief, the San Francisco Chief, and the Grand Canyon.
Their peer cars (American and National Series 6-6-4 and 6-4-6) ran throughout America, sometimes on the Limiteds (eg City of Saint Louis/Portland/LA (see Kratville, UP streamliners), as well as second and third tier trains, all the way down to the mail&express runs.
~John Perkowski:
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