The train was a non-scheduled special train carrying 182 German-Americans travelling from Chicago, Illinois, to Bremen, Germany, part of an annual excursion organized through Leopold Neumann Tours to allow midwestern Germans to visit their homeland.
The train was a non-scheduled special train carrying 182 German-Americans travelling from Chicago, Illinois to Hoboken, New Jersey. The trip was an annual excursion organized through steamship agent Leopold Neumann to allow midwestern Germans to visit their homeland.