Arrowhead (train)

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Arrowhead
Superior, Wisconsin 1975–1977
Duluth, Minnesota 1977–1978
Stops3–5
Distance travelled148 miles (238 km)
Average journey time3 hours 20 minutes
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)760-761
On-board services
Class(es)Unreserved coach
Catering facilitiesOn-board cafe
Technical
Rolling stockAmfleet coaches
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Track owner(s)Milwaukee Road

The Arrowhead was a daily passenger train operated by

Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, in the United States. After two years of operation, service was extended from Superior to Duluth
, Minnesota.

Description

The Arrowhead began on April 16, 1975, as a daily all-coach train between Minneapolis and Superior, Wisconsin, with no intervening stops along the 144-mile (232 km) route. This service replaced the

Burlington Northern Badger and Gopher trains that were terminated in 1971. The Arrowhead departed Superior in the mornings and returned in the evenings; its schedule allowed an easy connection to the North Coast Hiawatha, which offered daily service from Minneapolis to Chicago, Illinois. A bus covered the final 4 miles (6.4 km) to Duluth. Both the state of Minnesota and the Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission provided financial support for the train. Initially the Arrowhead carried an on-board cafe.[1]

In November 1975 Amtrak added Sandstone, Minnesota, and Cambridge, Minnesota, as intermediate stops (the same stops that had been on the predecessor Gopher express train),[2] and augmented the train's consist with a lounge car and a baggage car.[3] A schedule change to the North Coast Hiawatha broke the northbound connection to the Arrowhead from Chicago beginning in October 1976; the southbound connection was unaffected.[4]

A major change came in February 1977: Amtrak extended the Arrowhead to Duluth, eliminating the bus connection. The entire schedule flipped; the Arrowhead departed Minneapolis in the morning and returned from Duluth in the evening. Gone was any same-day connection to Chicago. The Arrowhead also gained one of the new

Saint Paul.[7]
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See also

References

  1. ^ Amtrak (May 15, 1975). "All-America Schedules". timetables.org. The Museum of Railway Timetables. p. 43. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  2. ^ "Burlington Northern, Table 11". Official Guide of the Railways. 102 (12). National Railway Publication Company. May 1970.
  3. ^ Amtrak (November 30, 1975). "All-America Schedules". timetables.org. The Museum of Railway Timetables. p. 45. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  4. ^ Amtrak (October 31, 1976). "National Train Timetables". timetables.org. The Museum of Railway Timetables. p. 45. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  5. ^ Amtrak (February 15, 1977). "National Train Timetables". timetables.org. The Museum of Railway Timetables. p. 26. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  6. ^ Amtrak (January 8, 1978). "National Train Timetables". timetables.org. The Museum of Railway Timetables. p. 37. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  7. OCLC 45908903
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