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Flambeau 400

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Flambeau
Flambeau 400
A C&NWEMD F-7(A) number 4087-A, and its train of five Bi-Level, gallery cars, are at theGreen Bay C&NW station in August 1969.
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
LocaleIllinois,Wisconsin,Michigan
First service
  • Flambeau: June 21, 1935 (1935-06-21)
  • Flambeau 400: May 26, 1950 (1950-05-26)
Last serviceMay 1, 1971 (1971-05-01)
Former operatorsChicago and North Western Railway
Route
TerminiNorth Western Terminal
Chicago, Illinois
Distance travelled452 miles (727 km)
Train number153, 216
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)standard gauge
Operating speedMax 90 mph, between Chicago and Green Bay, average speed 50 mph
Route map
428
Ashland
406.4
Saxon
395
Hurley
394
Ironwood
374.7
Mercer
359.1
Lac du Flambeau
349
Wooddruff
341.3
Lake Tomahawk
326.4
Rhinelander
363.2
Watersmeet
(Service ended 1965)
355.6
Land O' Lakes
(Service ended 1965)
348
Conover
(Service ended 1965)
338.5
Eagle River
(Service ended 1965)
333.3
Clearwater Lake
(Service ended 1965)
329.2
Three Lakes
(Service ended 1965)
313
Monico
308
Pelican Lake
305
Elcho
301.2
Summit Lake
284.6
Antigo
266
Eland
236.9
Shawano
218.4
Pulaski
203
Green Bay
180.2
Denmark
(Service ended 1968)
160.4
Manitowoc
(Service ended 1968)
147.5
Cleveland
(Service ended 1968)
136
Sheboygan
(Service ended 1968)
126.4
Oostburg
(Service ended 1968)
122.5
Cedar Grove
(Service ended 1968)
109.5
Port Washington
(Service ended 1968)
Milwaukee Road
84.4
Milwaukee (C&NW Lakefront)
Milwaukee Union Station
(1966–1971)
Milwaukee Road
61.9
Racine
51.6
Kenosha
KD Line
to Rockford
35.9
Waukegan
12
Evanston
Chicago River (north branch)
Minnesota 400
to Madison
Milwaukee Road (Hiawatha from Union Station)
0
Chicago (C&NW Terminal)
This diagram:

TheFlambeau 400 was astreamlinedpassenger train operated by theChicago and North Western Railway betweenChicago,Illinois, andAshland, Wisconsin onLake Superior, viaGreen Bay, Wisconsin. It was originally a special service in the summer time.

History

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Beginning in 1935, theFlambeau transported the new Americanmiddle class to its new leisure time in theNorth Woods of Wisconsin. TheFlambeau operated over basically the same route as later trains did except for bypassing Green Bay to run viaHortonville andEland. By 1937 the route changed to operate via Green Bay. In July 1949 theFlambeau was integrated with theShoreland 400 and theValley 400, running as one train between Chicago and Green Bay and as separate trains beyond Green Bay. Northbound trains ran viaFond du Lac and southbound trains viaManitowoc.

In 1950 the train received a new name,Flambeau 400, in reference to the C&NW's popularTwin Cities 400, named for making the approximately 400 mile run from Chicago toMinneapolis, Minnesota in 400 minutes, andFlambeau, theFrench word for atorch.[1]: 148 [2]: 40  In 1958 theFlambeau 400 andPeninsula 400 receivedbilevel equipment.[2]: 42  Serving the north woods of Wisconsin, it saw heavy tourist traffic, but by May 1968, it was losing thousands of dollars for the North Western. In 1969 theFlambeaubecame an unnamed Chicago-Green Bay train with seasonal service to Ashland.

The lastFlambeau 400 rolled out of the North Woods on January 5, 1971.Amtrak did not include Green Bay and Ashland in its initial route structure.[3]

Equipment

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The consist varied over the years and by seasonal demand. The number of cars varied between ten and two. Trains may have had a coach-lounge instead of a diner, and some trains had neither. The train used heavyweight 56-seat single level coaches until the arrival of new gallery cars in 1958. The otherwise bi-level train featured a single-level dining car (which operated Chicago-Green Bay) with a false roof to match the gallery cars. The motive power in the early years byclass R-1 Ten-wheelers on the Watersmeet branch, andclass E-2-a Pacifics everywhere else. By the later 40s or early 50sE8s andF7s took over. Two units usually ran as far as Green Bay, where one would lay over with the dining car for the return trip.

References

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  1. ^Schafer, Mike; Welsh, Joe (2002).Streamliners: History of a Railroad Icon. Saint Paul, MN: MBI.ISBN 0-7603-1371-7.OCLC 51069308.
  2. ^abSchafer, Mike (1996).Classic American Railroads. Saint Paul, MN: MBI.ISBN 978-0-7603-0239-2.OCLC 768619768.
  3. ^Craig Sanders (September 16, 1996)."Routes and Trains on the Eve of Amtrak". Archived fromthe original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved2009-10-18.

External links

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400s
Overland Route
Other Named Trains
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