Kate Shelley 400

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Kate Shelley 400
Kate Shelley, railroad heroine and the namesake of the Kate Shelley 400
Overview
StatusCeased operation
OwnerChicago and North Western Railway
LocaleIllinois and Iowa
Termini
Service
SystemChicago and North Western Railway
Train number(s)1, 2
Operator(s)Chicago and North Western Railway
History
OpenedOctober 1955
ClosedJuly 23, 1963
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

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Chicago
8.6 mi
13.8 km
Oak Park
35.5 mi
57.1 km
Geneva
58.3 mi
93.8 km
DeKalb
74.8 mi
120.4 km
Rochelle
97.9 mi
157.6 km
Dixon
109.5 mi
176.2 km
Sterling
123.8 mi
199.2 km
Morrison
138.1 mi
222.3 km
Clinton

The Kate Shelley 400 was a short-lived streamlined passenger train operated by the Chicago and North Western Railway between Chicago, Illinois and Iowa. The train drew its name from the CNW's popular Twin Cities 400, so-named for making the 400-mile (644 km) run from Chicago to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 400 minutes, and Kate Shelley, a young woman who in 1881 risked her life to save a passenger train from a washed-out bridge.[1]: 148  The C&NW introduced the Kate Shelley to fill the void left by the Union Pacific Railroad's famed "City" streamliners, which had moved from the CNW's route to that of the Milwaukee Road. The Kate Shelley made its first run in October 1955. Initially it operated to Boone, Iowa, but this was cut back in 1956 to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and then again in 1957 to Clinton, Iowa, just across the Mississippi River. The CNW dropped the name altogether on July 23, 1963, though the unnamed trains #1 and #2 continued running until the formation of Amtrak in 1971, when they were discontinued.[2]: 53 

References

  1. ^ Schafer, Mike; Welsh, Joe (2002). Streamliners: History of a Railroad Icon. Saint Paul, MN: MBI. ISBN 0-7603-1371-7. OCLC 51069308.
  2. ^ Scribbins, Jim (March 1997). "The 400". RailNews: 44–53. {{cite journal}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |journal= (help)

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