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Minnesotan
Overview
Service type
Inter-city rail
Status
Discontinued
Locale
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota
Predecessor
Great Western Limited
First service
January 16, 1925 (as Legionnaire) 1930 (as Minnesotan)[1]
Last service
May 10, 1949 (as Minnesotan) August 11, 1956 (as numbered train)
Former operator(s)
Chicago Great Western Railway
Route
Termini
Chicago, Illinois Minneapolis or Rochester, Minnesota
Distance travelled
359 mi (578 km) (Chicago–Rochester) 435 mi (700 km) (Chicago–Minneapolis)
Average journey time
12h25m
Service frequency
Daily
Train number(s)
1 (Chicago–Minneapolis), 2 (Minneapolis–Chicago)
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
Legend
435 mi
Minneapolis
425
Saint Paul
420
South St. Paul
392
Randolph
372
Kenyon
359
Rochester
353
Dodge Center
344
Hayfield
Minnesota
Iowa
310
McIntire
305
Riceville
294
Elma
291
Alta Vista
280
New Hampton
271
Fredericksburg
261
Sumner
254
Westgate
246
Oelwein
230
Lamont
215
Oneida
203
Dyersville
172
Dubuque
Mississippi River
Iowa
Illinois
143
Elizabeth
131
Stockton
120
Pearl City
107
South Freeport
88
Byron
78
Holcomb
57
Sycamore
36
St. Charles
10
Forest Park
0 mi
Chicago
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The Minnesotan was an overnight passenger train run by the Chicago Great Western Railway, using the CGW's trackage between Grand Central Station in Chicago, Illinois, and Saint Paul Union Depot in Saint Paul, Minnesota, via Hayfield, Minnesota. A section of the train split in McIntire, Iowa, to serve Rochester, Minnesota.[1]
Begun as the Legionnaire in 1925, the train was renamed the Minnesotan in 1930, and was powered by a 4-6-2 Pacific-type locomotive. The Minnesotan was one of the finest passenger trains the Great Western operated but could not compete against the more famous passenger trains of the Milwaukee Road and the Chicago and North Western.
The Great Western dropped the name on May 10, 1949, but Chicago to St. Paul passenger service continued to linger on for seven more years. By the early 1950s, a doodlebug or (later) a single EMD F-unit pulled a railway post office car, a baggage car, and a coach. This service was spartan compared to the Minnesotan of less than a decade earlier, and ceased entirely on August 11, 1956.
^ abDavid J. Fiore Sr. (2006). The Chicago Great Western Railway. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-4048-1.
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