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Cross Illinois passenger trains

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Cross Illinois passenger trains

  by CarterB
 
With Springfield, Indianapolis and Columbus all being State capitals, were there ever many E/W passenger trains serving the three capitals?

What other E/W passenger service existed? Any much more than 'milk trains'? Anything a bit more 'posh'?

I know the B&O had service to Springfield at one time, P&E to Peoria, IT Danville/St. Louis: what others?

  by AmtrakFan
 
Yes their was the Spirt of St. Louis plus a Wabash from Motown.

John

  by CarterB
 
Yes, Spirt of St. Louis, PennTexas, Wabash Cannonball, George Washington, Georgian? to/from St. Louis basically E/W routes (not via Chicago)

The PennTexas and Spirit at least touched two of the three state capitals.
Any others? What, if anything, ran between/through all three state capitals?

  by AmtrakFan
 
CarterB wrote:Yes, Spirt of St. Louis, PennTexas, Wabash Cannonball, George Washington, Georgian? to/from St. Louis basically E/W routes (not via Chicago)

The PennTexas and Spirit at least touched two of the three state capitals.
Any others? What, if anything, ran between/through all three state capitals?
The Georgian was a Chicago-Louisville-Miami Train.

John
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