Arrow (Milwaukee Road train)

For the train in San Bernardino County, California, see Arrow (rail service).

Arrow

The Arrow (left) alongside the Union Pacific's City of Denver (right) in Savanna, Illinois in 1963
Overview
Predecessor	Omaha Limited, Sioux City Limited
First service	August 1926 (1926-08)
Last service	October 5, 1967 (1967-10-05)
Former operator(s)	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Route
Termini	Chicago, Illinois Omaha, Nebraska or Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Distance travelled	488 miles (785 km) (Chicago-Omaha), 604 miles (972 km) (Chicago-Sioux Falls)
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	19/20 (Chicago-Omaha), 219/220 (Chicago-Sioux Falls)
Route map Chicago Elgin Hampshire Genoa Kirkland Davis Junction Leaf River Lanark Mount Carroll Savanna Illinois Iowa Delmar Oxford Junction Marion Tama Madrid Perry Coon Rapids Manning Manilla Defiance Earling Panama Portsmouth Persia Neola Council Bluffs Union Pacific Tfr. Iowa Nebraska Omaha Buck Grove Arion Charter Oak Ute Mapleton Hornick Sioux City East Wye Switch Westfield Akron Chatsworth Hawarden Iowa South Dakota Fairview South Dakota Iowa Iowa South Dakota Canton Harrisburg Sioux Falls

The Arrow was a passenger train operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road") between Chicago, Illinois and Omaha, Nebraska. It operated from 1926 until 1967. The Arrow provided overnight service between the two cities and included through cars for other destinations in Iowa.

History

The Milwaukee Road introduced the Arrow in August 1926, replacing two previous services: the Omaha Limited (Chicago–Omaha) and Sioux City Limited (Chicago–Sioux City). The new train served both Omaha and Sioux City (for Sioux Falls, South Dakota), splitting in Manilla, Iowa. Through connections with other trains the Arrow also carried Chicago–Des Moines, Iowa and Milwaukee, Wisconsin–Omaha sleeping cars (via the Southwest Limited). The train made the run between Chicago and Omaha in 13 hours and 20 minutes. In 1934 the Milwaukee Road extended the Arrow over the Big Sioux River to Sioux Falls.

The Omaha sleeping car ended in early 1955, but was reinstated later that year when the Milwaukee Road took over the Union Pacific Railroad's Overland Route trains from the latter's would-be merger mate the Chicago & North Western Railway, and ended for good in 1958. Between 1956 and 1959 the Arrow carried a Chicago–Los Angeles coach which it exchanged in Omaha. The Sioux Falls section, including the train's last sleeping cars, ended on September 17, 1965. All that remained of the Arrow was a Chicago–Omaha coach train, which the Milwaukee Road discontinued on October 5, 1967. Today, its route is being used by Metra as its Milwaukee District/West Line, shared by the Milwaukee Road's successor, Canadian Pacific through its Soo Line Railroad subsidiary.

External links

• 1957 timetable