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:''This article is about the passenger train ''City of Las Vegas''; for the city, see Las Vegas, Nevada; for other uses, see the disambiguation page Las Vegas.''


The '''City of Las Vegas''' was a named passenger train operated by the Union Pacific Railroad between Las Vegas, Nevada and Los Angeles, California in 1956. Train Nos. 115 and 116 initially utilized General Motors' experimental ''Aerotrain'' unitized trainset, but the Union Pacific terminated their lease within a year due to maintenance and performance issues. Service on the line continued with standard streamlined equipment painted in UP's ''Armour Yellow'' livery.
In the early 1960s the name was changed to the ''Las Vegas Holiday Special'', when both the consist and schedule were reduced. Service was discontinued altogether in 1967.

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★ Kawala, Dana. (2006). "8 pike-size passenger trains: Union Pacific trains 115 and 116." ''Model Railroader'' '73' (3) 65.

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★ Passenger train service on the Union Pacific Railroad