NEW YORK - CHICAGO ROUTE TIME THRU THEE YEARS ⏰ //

Pennsylvania RR ‘Pennsylvania Limited’ //

1881 (Jersey City, NJ-Chicago) // 26h 40m 

NY Central RR Lake Shore Limited // NYC - Chicago, 1897-1902 

5/30/1897 // 24h

7/18/1948 // 17h 45m 

1952 // 18h 30m 

20th Century Limited // Grand Central Terminal (NYC) - LeSalle St. Station (Chicago), 1902-1967 

1902 // 20h

June 1905 // 18h 

1910s-1920s // 20h

1935 // 16h 30m

1936 // 16h

8/1938 // 15h

1948 // 15h 30m

1952 // 15h 30m 

6/24/1956 // 14h 45m

4/30/1967 // 15h 

Penn Central Lake Shore Limited // NYC - Chicago, 1971-1972 

7/12/1971 // 17h 45m 

Amtrak Lake Shore Limited // Penn Station (NYC) - CHI Union Station (Chicago), 1975 - Present

4/25/1976 // 20h 25m 

4/1983 // 18h 30m 

5/16/1999 // 18h 40m 

4/2/2007 // 18h 

6/30/2019 // 18h 10m 

2023 // 18h 38m

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