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The ''Oriental Limited'' entered service in December 1905 as a St. Paul-Seattle train; the eastern terminus was extended to Chicago in 1909. Once the premiere train on its route, it was downgraded to secondary status in 1929, when the Great Northern's new Empire Builder passenger train was inaugurated. The ''Oriental Limited'' name disappeared in 1931, and during the Great Depression and beyond the Great Northern operated only a single through train between Chicago and the coast. The ''Oriental Limited'' name returned in 1947, when the railroad's secondary through train was resumed, but that train was finally renamed the Western Star in 1951. REFERENCES
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