The ''Chicago Limited'' was a train running from

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run by the

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and west of Buffalo connecting with the

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's ''

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,'' taking a route through

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. The train left New York at 2 pm and would arrive in Chicago at 2 pm the next day. The

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's #1-11 hitched with the train for coach and sleeper service that veered from the Michigan Central route from Detroit westward. It took the Wabash's most southernly route through

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. Eastbound, the train carried the name, ''

Lackawanna Limited ''Phoebe Snow'' was a named passenger train which was once operated by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) and, after a brief hiatus, the Erie Lackawanna Railway (EL). History Lackawanna Limited Around 1900, the DL&W launched a ...

''. Full service to Chicago ended in 1941. The DLW portion continued between

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and Hoboken was continued to 1949 and in that year was given a renaming as the DLW's ''

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.''New York Central timetable, Michigan Central services, August, 1940 http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/ptt/images/tt-mc-0840.pdf

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