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unit, makes a station stop in Cheyenne, Wyoming on February 13 , 1938 .]] The ''City of Los Angeles'' was a streamlined Passenger Train jointly operated by the Chicago And North Western Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad . The service ran between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California . In 1955 the Milwaukee Road assumed the service, replacing the Chicago and Northwestern between Chicago and Omaha. This train was the top-of-the-line for UP, who marketed it as a direct competitor to the '' Super Chief '', a streamlined passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway , and the '' Golden State '', a streamlined passenger train jointly operated by the Rock Island and Southern Pacific railroads. CNW / UP used one of only two EMD E2 locomotives ever built as motive power for the train beginning in 1937 . TIMELINE " logos such as these often adorned the ends of Observation Car s on the ''City of Los Angeles''.]]
In 1979 , Amtrak created the '' Desert Wind ''. It first ran from Los Angeles to Ogden, Utah , but was upgraded by late 1980 to run to Chicago, roughly duplicating the ''City of Los Angeles'' route. That line ceased operation in 1997 . OTHER RAILROAD USES OF THE NAME ''CITY OF LOS ANGELES'' The ''City of Los Angeles'' name has also been applied to a 48-seat Diner built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1949 . The car is currently owned by the Union Pacific and operated as part of employee and other special trains. SEE ALSO
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