Marquette (Milwaukee Road train)

Marquette
The former terminus at Mason City, Iowa in 2018
Overview
First service1937
Last serviceJanuary 13, 1951
Former operatorMilwaukee Road
Route
TerminiChicago, Illinois
Mason City, Iowa
Distance travelled356 miles (573 km)
Service frequencyDaily
Train numbers3 (westbound), 18 (eastbound)

The Marquette was a passenger train operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road") between Chicago and Mason City, Iowa.[1] Service began in 1937, and was discontinued January 14, 1951.[2][3][4][5] Despite the elimination of the Marquette, the line continued to see service by the Sioux until 1960, when that service was cut back to Madison, Wisconsin.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Milwaukee Road 1940 timetable" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "New Record Breaking Schedule to Chicago". Mason City Globe-Gazette. August 31, 1937. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Important Changes in Service". Globe Gazette. January 11, 1951. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Milwaukee Road will discontinue three more trains". Oshkosh Northwestern. January 3, 1951. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Milwaukee Road 1955 timetable" (PDF).
  6. ↑ Dorin, Patric C. (1978). Milwaukee Road East. Burbank, California: Superior Publishing Company. pp. 29–30. ISBN 0-87564-702-2. LCCN 78003834.