Steeler (train)

Morning Steeler; Afternoon Steeler

Overview
Service type	dining lounge cars
Observation facilities	parlor cars
Route map v t e Legend Cleveland Euclid Avenue Akron Hudson Alliance Ohio Pennsylvania Pittsburgh

The Morning Steeler and Afternoon Steeler were a pair of

The service began on December 12, 1948 as the Steeler, a single round-trip between Pittsburgh and Cleveland. It departed Cleveland in the morning and returned from Pittsburgh in the late afternoon. Its travel time of 2 hours and 40 minutes was, at the time, the fastest between the two cities. At first the Steeler made just two intermediate stops, in Alliance and Hudson, Ohio.^[1] On April 30, 1950, the Pennsylvania inaugurated a second round-trip between the two cities, adding a morning departure from Pittsburgh and a corresponding afternoon return from Cleveland.^[2] The morning pair were dubbed the Morning Steeler and the afternoon pair the Afternoon Steeler. Pittsburgh Steelers head coach John Michelosen was on hand to christen the new service.^[2] Prior to this the Pennsylvania had five daily round-trips between the two cities: the Steeler, Clevelander, and three additional unnamed pairs. The Steeler carried both a parlor and a "dining lounge" car in addition to coaches.^[3]: 241

The Pennsylvania discontinued the Morning Steeler on September 7, 1957. The railroad cited competition from the newly completed