Connecticut Yankee (train)

Connecticut Yankee

Connecticut Yankee at Rye station, July 1985
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Northeastern United States / Quebec
First service	1936
Last service	1951, 1977; 1995
Former operator(s)	New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Boston & Maine, Canadian Pacific Railway, Quebec Central Railway Penn Central (1969–1971) Amtrak (1971–1977, 1983–1995)
Route
Termini	New York City Quebec City
Distance travelled	549 miles (884 km) (1936)
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	Southbound: 74 Northbound: 79 (1936–c. 1956)
On-board services
Seating arrangements	Coach
Sleeping arrangements	Sections and drawing rooms
Catering facilities	Dining car
Observation facilities	Parlor car
Entertainment facilities	Lounge car
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Legend Quebec City Sherbrooke Canada U.S.A. border QC VT Richmond Newport Lyndonville St. Johnsbury Wells River Bradford White River Junction Windsor VT NH Claremont Charlestown NH VT Bellows Falls VT MA East Northfield Greenfield Northampton Holyoke Springfield MA CT Hartford New Haven CT NY 125th Street New York City Key Boston & Maine RR Canadian Pacific Ry Central Vermont Ry New Haven RR Quebec Central Ry This diagram: view talk edit

The Connecticut Yankee was a long-distance train in western New England, that in its first two decades was an international night train, established in 1936, that extended from New York City into southeastern Quebec, to Sherbrooke and Quebec City, a 549-mile (884 km) trip. The pooled train covered railroad territories of the New York, New Haven and Hartford, Boston and Maine, Canadian Pacific Railway and the Quebec Central Railway.^[1] It was the last U.S.-Canadian train serving the Sherbrooke to eastern Vermont route.

The train had some sharing of sleeping cars with the Boston & Maine's overnight Red Wing (the night train counterpart to the Alouette) which went from Boston to Montreal. In Newport, Vermont, the train would pick up sleepers from the B&M train and continue to Sherbrooke and Quebec.