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Flambeau 400

Flambeau 400
CNW-Greenbay-Flambeau 400-Aug 1969.jpg
A C&NW F-7(A) number 4087-A, and its train of five Bi-Level, gallery cars, are at the Green Bay C&NW station in August 1969.
Overview
Type Inter-city rail
System Chicago and North Western Railway
Status Discontinued
Locale Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan
Termini Chicago, Illinois
Ashland, Wisconsin, Ironwood, Michigan, and Watersmeet, Michigan
Train number(s) 153, 216
Operation
Opened Flambeau June 21, 1935 / Flambeau 400, May 26, 1950
Closed May 1, 1971
Owner Chicago and North Western Railway
Operator(s) Chicago and North Western Railway
Technical
Line length 452-mile (727 km)
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed Max 90 mph, between Chicago and Green Bay, average speed 50 mph
Route map
428 Ashland
406.4 Saxon
395 Hurley
394 Ironwood
Montreal River
Wisconsin/Michigan border
374.7 Mercer
359.1 Lac du Flambeau
349 Wooddruff
Minocqua Lake
341.3 Lake Tomahawk
326.4 Rhinelander
363.2 Watersmeet(Service ended 1965)
Wisconsin/Michigan border
355.6 Land O' Lakes(Service ended 1965)
348 Conover(Service ended 1965)
338.5 Eagle River(Service ended 1965)
333.3 Clearwater Lake(Service ended 1965)
329.2 Three Lakes(Service ended 1965)
313 Monico
308 Pelican Lake
305 Elcho
301.2 Summit Lake
284.6 Antigo
266 Eland
Wolf River
236.9 Shawano
218.4 Pulaski
Peninsula 400(to Oconto, Wisconsin)
203 Green Bay
177.7 Appleton
172.6 Neenah - Menasha
160 Wikipedia

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