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on December 4, 1948.]] The ''City of San Francisco'' was a streamlined Passenger Train jointly operated by the Chicago And North Western Railway , the Southern Pacific Railroad , and the Union Pacific Railroad . The service ran between Chicago, Illinois and Oakland, California . This train was marketed as a direct competitor to the '' San Francisco Chief '', a streamlined passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway . In 1955 the Milwaukee Road assumed the service, replacing the Chicago and Northwestern between Chicago and Omaha. On August 12, 1939 the train derailed, killing 24 and injuring 121. The wreck appeared to have been caused by Sabotage but it remains unsolved to this day. The City of San Francisco is perhaps best remembered for the January 1952 disaster when a Blizzard in the Sierra Nevada Mountains snowbound the train for 6 days at Yuba Pass , California . The incident occurred when snowdrifts from a blizzard with 100 mile-per-hour winds blocked the train, burying it in 12 feet of snow and stranding it from January 13 to January 19. The event made international news headlines, as hundreds of workers and volunteers using snowplows, tractors and manpower came to the rescue. The 196 passengers and 20 crewmembers were evacuated from the train within 48 hours, and the train itself was finally dug out several days later. " logos such as these often adorned the ends of Observation Car s on the ''City of San Francisco''.]] TIMELINE
OTHER RAILROAD USES OF THE NAME ''CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO'' The '' City of San Francisco '' name has also been applied to a 10/6 Sleeping Car built by Pullman Standard in the early 1950s . The car is currently owned by the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad and operated as part of the line's dinner and first class trains. SEE ALSO
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