The Pine Tree Limited is shown crossing Conneaut Creek a week ago on its trip from Cleveland to Binghamton, N.Y. The car at right is the Cimarron River, a Frisco sleeper once assigned to the Meteor. The car is now owned by Tony Marchiando.
It was a little shorter, but the Pine Tree Limited made a return trip through Northern Ohio today en route to Chicago.
The train had originated in Chicago on Sept. 18 and spent the night in Cleveland before departing the next day for Binghamton, N.Y.
Eventually, the train made a three-day, 1,245-mile trip with 26 private cars pulled by three Amtrak P42 locomotives to reach Portland, Maine, and the annual convention of the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners.
A published schedule of the return trip to Chicago indicated that the Pine Tree Limited was due into Toledo at 7:35 a.m. It was to arrive in Chicago at 12:20 p.m., but given the freight congestion that these days is routinely delaying Amtrak trains by hours that arrival time might be rather optimistic.
The journey of the Pine Tree Limited included 681 miles of former Nickle Plate Road; Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; and Boston & Maine tracks owned by Norfolk Southern; New York, Susquehanna & Western; and Pan Am Railways that haven’t hosted scheduled intercity passenger service for at least 50 years.
The train was split into two sections for the return home with section operating to Chicago having 14 cars. The other 12 cars were be attacked to regular Amtrak trains out of Boston South Station.
The Chicago section was to follow the routes of the Downeaster and Lake Shore Limited.
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