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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chicago_Night_Express > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chicago_Night_Express.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Night_Express > Source revision: 1278015997 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American named train}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox rail service | box_width = | name = ''Chicago Night Express'' | logo = | logo_width = | image = | image_width = | caption = | type = [Inter-city rail](/source/Inter-city_rail) | status = Discontinued | locale = [Mid-Atlantic United States](/source/Mid-Atlantic_United_States); [Midwestern United States](/source/Midwestern_United_States) | predecessor = | first = 1912 | last = December 1, 1956 | successor = | operator = | formeroperator = [Baltimore & Ohio Railroad](/source/Baltimore_%26_Ohio_Railroad) | ridership = | ridership2 = | website = | start = [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois) | stops = | end = [Wheeling, West Virginia](/source/Wheeling%2C_West_Virginia) | distance = | journeytime = | frequency = | trainnumber = | line_used = | class = | access = | seating = | sleeping = | autorack = | catering = | observation = | entertainment = | baggage = | otherfacilities = | stock = | gauge = {{RailGauge|ussg}} | el = | speed = | owners = | routenumber = | map = | map_state = }} thumb|360px|The route of the ''Chicago Night Express'' (in orange) The '''''Chicago Night Express''''' was an American named train of the [Baltimore and Ohio Railroad](/source/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad) (B&O) on its route between [Wheeling, West Virginia](/source/Wheeling%2C_West_Virginia), and [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois), with major station stops in [Newark, Ohio](/source/Newark%2C_Ohio), [Mansfield, Ohio](/source/Mansfield%2C_Ohio), and [Willard, Ohio](/source/Willard%2C_Ohio). The B&O inaugurated the ''Chicago Night Express'' in 1912. It was discontinued in 1956 due to declining passenger demand. ==History== The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was chartered in 1827 and grew to be one of the largest passenger railways in the United States, often by acquiring other, smaller railroads. B&O trains began operating between Wheeling and Chicago in 1880. From 1912 until 1956 the B&O provided overnight [sleeping car](/source/sleeping_car) service between Wheeling, West Virginia and Chicago's [Grand Central Station](/source/Grand_Central_Station_(Chicago)) on the ''Chicago Night Express'', Train No. 45. The train also stopped at the B&O's [South Chicago Station](/source/Baltimore_and_Ohio_Chicago_Terminal_Railroad).{{cite journal |title=Pere Marquette Railway, Tables 1, 6 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=74 |issue=1 |date=June 1941}} The reverse route, Train No. 46, was served by the ''Wheeling Night Express'' or the ''[West Virginia Night Express](/source/West_Virginia_Night_Express)'', as it was later known. During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), the ''Chicago Night Express'' was consolidated with Train No. 9, the ''Pittsburgh-Chicago Express'' on the western end of the run from the junction at [Willard, Ohio](/source/Willard%2C_Ohio), to Chicago. In 1946, the ''Chicago Night Express'' resumed independent operation from Willard to Chicago. ==Decline and end of the train== By 1956, as railroad passenger traffic was declining nationwide, the ''Chicago Night Express'' operated as Train No. 245 from Wheeling only as far west as Willard, via [Newark, Ohio](/source/Newark%2C_Ohio).''[Official Guide of the Railways](/source/Official_Guide_of_the_Railways)''. New York: National Railway Publication Co., February 1956, pp. 414, 426. West of Willard, the sleeping car and coaches from train 245 were combined with Train No. 9, the ''[Washington-Pittsburgh-Chicago Express](/source/Washington%E2%80%93Chicago_Express)'', to Chicago. B&O finally discontinued the ''Chicago Night Express'' on December 1, 1956, which ended passenger rail service between Wheeling and Chicago. ==Stations== {| class="wikitable" !Station !State |- |[Wheeling](/source/Wheeling%2C_West_Virginia) ([Wheeling station](/source/Wheeling_station_(West_Virginia))) |[West Virginia](/source/West_Virginia) |- |[Zanesville](/source/Zanesville%2C_Ohio) |rowspan="4"|[Ohio](/source/Ohio) |- |[Newark](/source/Newark%2C_Ohio) |- |[Mansfield](/source/Mansfield%2C_Ohio) |- |[Willard](/source/Willard%2C_Ohio) |- |[Gary (B&O station)](/source/Gary_(B%26O_station)) |[Indiana](/source/Indiana) |- |[Chicago (Grand Central Terminal)](/source/Grand_Central_Station_(Chicago)) |[Illinois](/source/Illinois) |} ==Route and schedule== In 1947, westbound ''Chicago Night Express'', Train # 9 operated on the following schedule (departure times at principal stops shown): {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;" ! City ! Departure time |- style="background-color:#BFE4FF" | '''Wheeling, W. Va.''' ([Wheeling station](/source/Wheeling_station_(West_Virginia))) | 7:00 p.m. |- style="background-color:#BFE4FF" | Zanesville, Ohio | 9:48 p.m. |- style="background-color:#BFE4FF" | Newark, Ohio | 10:35 p.m. |- style="background-color:#BFE4FF" | Mansfield, Ohio | 12:18 a.m. |- style="background-color:#BFE4FF" | Willard. Ohio | 1:30 a.m. |- style="background-color:#BFE4FF" | ['''Gary, Ind.''' (B&O station)](/source/Gary_(B%26O_station)) | 5:04 a.m. |- style="background-color:#BFE4FF" | ['''Chicago''' (Grand Central Terminal)](/source/Grand_Central_Station_(Chicago)) | 6:15 a.m. |- align="center" bgcolor=#eeffee | colspan="2" |source: ''Baltimore and Ohio System Timetable'', July 6, 1947''Baltimore and Ohio System Timetable''. Baltimore: B&0 Press, July 6, 1947, p.31. |} In the 1940s, the westbound ''Chicago Night Express'' consisted of two or three head-ended cars, an RPO baggage car, a coach and a sleeper. Between Wheeling and Newark, Ohio there was a diner car. In 1947, the diner car was replaced with a diner-parlor car. The train was dieselized in 1956, the last year it operated. By then, the train had a single 8 [section](/source/Sleeping_car)-4 double bedroom sleeping car, a diner-lounge, a [combine car](/source/combine_car) and coaches. ==References== {{reflist|2|refs= {{Sanders-Indiana}} }} {{Infobox B&O Named Trains}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chicago Night Express}} Category:Passenger trains of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Category:Named passenger trains of the United States Category:Night trains of the United States Category:Passenger rail transportation in Illinois Category:Passenger rail transportation in Indiana Category:Passenger rail transportation in Ohio Category:Passenger rail transportation in West Virginia Category:Railway services introduced in 1912 Category:Railway services discontinued in 1956 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Chicago Night Express](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Night_Express) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Night_Express?action=history)). 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