The "Lake Country Limited" was an unmitigated flop and was one of the worse decisions of the Warrington era. It could have been considered a throwback to the pre-Amtrak era when a fair number of passenger schedules remained in the timetable on the strength of their mail contracts. At any rate, the schedule was established primarily for potential express business from publishers that had regional printing facilities in the Janesville area. Passenger traffic was minimal. The express business never materialized and the train was discontinued after only several months.
On the other hand, the "Pennsylvanian" (Chicago-Philadelphia day schedule) carried a substantial amount of mail and express and usually ran 20-30 cars.
According to Train Web, the Lake Country Limited, Nos. 343 and 344, debuted April 15, 2000. As the law required six-month notice to discontinue service, it was cut back to Saturdays only March 24, 2001, and discontinued Sept. 23, 2001. It left Janesville at 6:35 a.m., arriving in Chicago at 9:05 a.m. It left Chicago at 8:20 p.m., arriving in Janesville at 10:50 p.m.
20-30 cars!! What does that sort of consist look like?
aegrotatio 20-30 cars!! What does that sort of consist look like?
-Don (Random stuff, mostly about trains - what else? http://blerfblog.blogspot.com/)
The eastbound Pennsylvanian left Chicago Union Station at 6:00 AM from Track 28-19 (the long one on the east side of the station). The consist was typically two P42's, baggage car, 2 Amcoaches, snack bar-coach, around 5-10 express boxes (71000 series) and 10-15 Roadrailers.
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