Atlantic Express and Pacific Express
Former American passenger trains
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge The Atlantic Express and Pacific Express were a pair of Erie Railroad passenger trains which together provided round-trip service between the New York City area and Chicago, Illinois. They were the Erie's oldest named passenger trains, having been named in 1885 and discontinued in 1965 under the Erie Lackawanna Railway, successor to the Erie.[1] Specifically, the train originated at the Erie Railroad's Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey until 1956.[2][3] For the last nine years the train began at the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western's Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey. For the last five years the train was an Erie Lackawanna Railroad train, as the Erie and the Lackawanna railroads merged in 1960. It was the last long distance passenger train to run along the Erie Main Line.[4]
References
- ^ Sanders, Craig (2003). Limiteds, Locals, and Expresses in Indiana, 1838–1971. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34216-4.
- ^ 'Official Guide of the Railways,' December 1954, Erie Railroad section, Table 2, 3, 8
- ^ Erie Railroad timetable, April 1958, Table 4
- ^ 'Official Guide of the Railways,' June 1961, Erie-Lackawanna section, Table 5, 6
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Named trains of the Erie Railroad
- Atlantic Express
- Erie Limited
- Lake Cities
- Midlander
- Mountain Express
- Pacific Express
- Southern Tier Express
- Steel King
- Washingtonian
