… or is part of the run on NS?
THanks.
Chicago to Cleveland on the NS
It is a Chicago - New York (Pennsylvania Station via West Side Line) train. For many, many years, coaches and sleepers were switched out at Albany Rensselaer for the Boston connection, but I have been told that passengers must change trains now, for some time. I believe some NS trackage is used between Toledo and Chicago – through South Bend abd Gary, for example. Here NS is on the old NYC.
Nanaimo tells all in Trackside Guide… Amtrak routes.
it switches tracks from ns to csx in cleveland.
stay safe
joe
Yep. Just look for the piles of derailed cars, then you’re on CSX!
LC
However, it was good for rare mileage for yours truly. Painsville to Berea via ex-NKP. Woo Hoo!
And if you don’t see any derailed cars, just look for some rusty train bridges.
Amazing how this thread has dragged on after the first responder gave the correct answer!
(Jay, we once got some rare mileage on this route due to a Conrail rebuilding project–rode the N&W east from Erie to beyond Conneaut.)
Not really, the information is also contained in the Amtrak Timetable. Boston to Albany is train #448/449 that connects with sections from NYC (train #48/49) and Poughkeepsie, NY (5 different train numbers). Boston and Poughkeepsie to Cleveland is owned by CSX. Cleveland to Chicago is owned by NS.
This is normal, scheduled routing, not anything to do with detours.
On the subject of the Lakeshore, I saw it on Saturday (10/27) in Springfield, MA. It had no baggage car (which I wanted to see) and only two Amfleet coaches and a cafe car. Seems like a smaller train than what they usually run. Oh well, I guess there was not enough riders.