Canadian (NYC train)

Canadian
Canadian-Niagara
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
LocaleGreat Lakes region
First service1914
Last service1961
Former operator(s)
Route
TerminiChicago
Montreal or New York City
Train number(s)19/20

The Canadian and later, Canadian-Niagara, was the longest running named international train from Chicago to Upper Canada via Detroit, for its first two decades running to Montreal. This overnight train was operated by the Michigan Central Railroad from Chicago to Detroit, and in a pool arrangement, it operated over Canadian Pacific Railway tracks and used the same train number from Detroit eastward. The train would carry a second section, bound, variously for Buffalo or New York City via Buffalo.