| City of Memphis | |
| Type: | Inter-city rail |
| Status: | Discontinued |
| Locale: | Tennessee |
| First: | 1947 |
| Last: | 1958 |
| Formeroperator: | Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway |
| Start: | Memphis, Tennessee |
| End: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Distance: | 236.8miles |
| Journeytime: | 5 hrs 00 min |
| Frequency: | Daily |
| Trainnumber: | Eastbound: 105-5, Westbound: 106-6 |
| Seating: | Reclining Seat Coaches |
| Catering: | Tavern-dining car |
| Map State: | show |
The City of Memphis was a 236.8miles passenger train route operated by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway connecting Nashville's Nashville Union Station and Memphis, Tennessee's Memphis Union Station.[1]
The City of Memphis was powered by one of the last steam locomotives ever streamlined. The six cars were all rebuilt and streamlined by the NC&StL shops from heavyweight cars. The six cars were originally Pullman Heavyweight Parlor Cars before purchase by the NC&STL for conversion to coaches in June 1941.
The six car consist had a revenue seating capacity of 204 and was built to operate on a fast five-hour schedule between Nashville and Memphis a distance of 239miles. The train set operated a daily round trip and lasted beyond the 1957 Louisville and Nashville Railroad takeover of the NC&StL, although the name was removed from the service by 1955.
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To equip the train the railroad rebuilt six heavyweight Pullman parlor cars. The resulting train consisted of a baggage-mail car, a coach-dinette-lounge, two 56-seat coaches, a dining-tavern car, and a coach-lounge-observation car. Several of the train's cars survive, including the coach-lounge-observation, which is part of the collection of the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in the Chattanooga area.