AMERICA'S STREAMLINERS
NICKEL PLATE ROAD
LACKAWANNA RAILROAD
(POST WW II)
The New York Chicago & St. Louis (Nickel Plate Road) partnered with the Delaware Lackawanna & Western connecting at Buffalo, providing a through route between Chicago and New York.
Only streamlined trains and the most important stations are shown.
JOINT DL&W NKP DL&W NKP JOINT
#8 #6 #6 April 27, 1952 #3 #5 #7
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9:20 am ----- 10:20 pm Chicago ----- 6:30 am 2:40 pm
12:35 pm ----- 1:46 am Fort Wayne ----- 2:35 am 11:04 am
5:45 pm ----- 7:25 am Cleveland ----- 10:55 pm 8:00 am
10:00 pm 9:15 am 11:40 am Buffalo 5:45 am 6:30 pm 4:25 am
3:04 am 2:15 pm ----- Scranton 12:45 pm ----- 10:36 pm
6:30 am 5:30 pm ----- Hoboken 9:30 am ----- 7:15 pm
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(Chicago-Buffalo via Nickel Plate Road)
(Buffalo-Hoboken via Delaware Lackawanna & Western)
CITY OF CHICAGO (NKP #5)
CITY OF CLEVELAND (NKP #6)
(required 2 sets)
(lightweight cars built by Pullman-Standard in 1950)
52 Seat Coaches 100-109 (from series)
Diner Lounge (heavyweight)
10R/6BR Sleeper 200-212 (from series) (Chicago-Hoboken)
10R/6BR Sleeper 200-212 (from series) (Chicago-Cleveland)
10R/6BR Sleeper 200-212 (from series) (Chicago-Cleveland)
5BR Lounge 150-151 (Chicago-Cleveland)
10R/6BR Sleeper 200-212 (from series) (Chicago-Cleveland)
10R/6BR Sleeper 200-212 (from series) (Fort Wayne-Cleveland)
WESTERNER (#7)
NEW YORKER (#8)
(required 3 sets)
Coaches 100-109 (from series) or DL&W (see below)
Diner Lounge (heavyweight)
10R/6BR Sleeper 200-212 (from series) or DL&W (see below)
PHOEBE SHOW (DL&W #3-#6)
Coaches (see below)
Diner 469-470 (Budd 1949)
Lounge Observation 789-790 (Budd 1949)
AVAILABLE CARS FROM DELAWARE LACKAWANNA & WESTERN
68 Seat Coach 301-315 (ACF 1949)
68 Seat Coach 316-325 (PS 1949)
10R/6BR Sleeper (9 cars available) (ACF 1949)