Kate Shelley 400

Kate Shelley, railroad heroine and the namesake of the Kate Shelley 400.

The Kate Shelley 400 was a short-lived streamlined passenger train operated by the Chicago and North Western Railway between Chicago, Illinois and Iowa. The train drew its name from the CNW's popular Twin Cities 400, so-named for making the 400-mile (644 km) run from Chicago to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 400 minutes, and Kate Shelley, a young woman who in 1881 risked her life to save a passenger train from a washed-out bridge.^[1]^:148 The C&NW introduced the Kate Shelley to fill the void left by the Union Pacific Railroad's famed "City" streamliners, which had moved from the CNW's route to that of the Milwaukee Road. The Kate Shelley made its first run in October 1955. Initially it operated to Boone, Iowa, but this was cut back in 1956 to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and then again in 1957 to Clinton, Iowa, just across the Mississippi River. The CNW dropped the name altogether on July 23, 1963, though the unnamed trains #1 and #2 continued running until the formation of Amtrak in 1971, when they were discontinued.^[2]^:53

References

↑ Schafer, Mike; Joe Welsh (2002). Streamliners: History of a Railroad Icon. Saint Paul, MN: MBI. ISBN 0-7603-1371-7. OCLC 51069308.
↑ Scribbins, Jim (March 1997). "The 400". RailNews: 44–53.

External links

The Kate Shelley 400 at DeKalb, Illinois, in 1967 on Flickr

Named trains of the Chicago and North Western Railway

400s	Capitol 400 Dakota 400 Flambeau 400 Peninsula 400 Kate Shelley 400 Minnesota 400 Rochester 400 Twin Cities 400

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