 Newspaper ad from 1914. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Inter-city rail |
| Status | Discontinued |
| Locale | Midwestern United States/Northeastern United States |
| First service | 1917 |
| Last service | 1941 |
| Successor | Phoebe Snow |
| Former operators | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) Michigan Central Railroad (MCR) Wabash Railroad |
| Route | |
| Termini | Hoboken, New Jersey Chicago |
| Distance travelled | 396 miles (637 km) |
| Average journey time | 8 hours |
| Service frequency | Daily |
| Train numbers | 5 (DLW) - 17 (MCR) (westbound); 40 (MCR) - 6 (DLW) (eastbound) (1940) |
| On-board services | |
| Seating arrangements | Coaches |
| Sleeping arrangements | Sections, double bedrooms |
| Catering facilities | Dining car, lounge car |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
The Chicago Limited was a train running from Hoboken, New Jersey to Chicago, Illinois run by the Lackawanna Railroad and west of Buffalo connecting with the Michigan Central Railroad's Wolverine, taking a route through Southwestern Ontario. The train left New York at 2 pm and would arrive in Chicago at 2 pm the next day. [1] [2] [3] The Wabash Railroad's #1-11 hitched with the train for coach and sleeper service that veered from the Michigan Central route from Detroit westward. It took the Wabash's most southernly route through Montpelier, Ohio. [4]
Eastbound, the train carried the name, Lackawanna Limited . Full service to Chicago ended in 1941. The DLW portion continued between Buffalo, New York and Hoboken was continued to 1949 and in that year was given a renaming as the DLW's Phoebe Snow. [5] [6]
