Milwaukee Passenger Trains

[cnwfan51]

    This is both a question for this form and You model rairoaders out there   I have been doing some reshearch on Milwaukee Passenger service and I am not finding much on their Passenger trains that ran on the Kansas City line across southeast Iowa and into Kasa City what trains and if there where any dedicated mail and express trains any help would be approcated    Thanks Larry

[RRCharlie]

In the June 1949 Official Guide:

The Southwestern Limited- # 107-25 Chi-KC and # 26-108 KC-Chi

#107 Lve Chi 6:25 PM-Arr Savanna 9:50 PM

#25 Lve Milwaukee 4:45 PM-Arr Savanna 9:30 PM

#107-25 Lve Savanna 10:15 PM-Arr KC 7:25 AM

#108-26 Lve KC 7:45 PM-Arr Savanna 5:10 AM

# 26 Lve Savanna 5:40 Am-Arr Milwaikee 10:30 AM

# 108 Lve Savanna 5:45 AM-Arr Chi 910 AM

Chi-KC 504 miles; Milwaukee-KC 523 miles

10 Sec, 1 Comp, 1 Drawing Room: Kansas City-Milwaukee

10 Sec, 2 Drawing Rooms: Kansas City-Chicago

Dining Car Service: Savanna-Chicago and Savanna to Milwaukee

Reckining Seat Lounge Coaches: Kansas City-Savanna to Milwaukee and Sioux City-Sioux City Falls to Savanna-Chicago

# 107-108 was The Arrow

10 years later in 1959 this train was gone.

Mel Hazen; Jax, FL

[cnwfan51]

    Thank you for the information That explains why my 1966 Offical Guide didnt list anything   Thank You Again   Larry

[jeffhergert]

Hi Larry,

I did some quick looking thru one of my MILW books.  The Southwest Limited began in 1903 after they completed the KC cut-off thru the Quad Cities to Rutledge(Ottumwa area).  The name was dropped in 1955 and passenger service ended on the KC line in April 1958.

For a time a connecting Pullman car was carried from Cedar Rapids to Ottumwa on the ex main line by local train, part of which is now the Crandic line to Amana and the IAIS connection. 

Jeff