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85:Last service
80:June 3, 1969
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1844:Sinnissippi
1781:Land O'Corn
1499:Cape Codder
1492:Beacon Hill
1452:(1982–1985)
1447:Silver Palm
1419:Gulf Breeze
1373:State House
1310:Lake Cities
1100:(1996–2002)
1095:Silver Palm
1060:Mountaineer
1007:Texas Chief
1000:Super Chief
951:Desert Wind
727:instead of
551:499 km
546:310 mi
511:409 km
506:254 mi
471:323 km
466:201 mi
431:280 km
426:174 mi
391:208 km
386:129 mi
351:185 km
346:115 mi
65:Predecessor
1883:Categories
1558:Metroliner
1516:Clamdigger
1509:Chesapeake
1503:(seasonal)
1440:Shenandoah
1433:Montrealer
1380:Turboliner
1345:North Star
1254:Blue Ridge
1247:Black Hawk
1194:San Diegan
1131:(seasonal)
1127:Vacationer
1106:South Wind
1074:Lake Shore
1046:Hilltopper
958:El Capitan
778:References
752:EMD F40PHs
748:Superliner
740:GE P30CHes
681:Algonquian
561:Carbondale
311:92 km
306:57 mi
271:40 km
266:25 mi
1788:Louisiane
1692:Chickasaw
1626:Fort Pitt
1565:Night Owl
1544:Fast Mail
1240:Arrowhead
1039:Floridian
972:Lone Star
711:Louisiane
521:Centralia
481:Effingham
125:Route map
93:Successor
1830:Seminole
1739:Floridan
1719:Daylight
1530:Colonial
1166:Expo '74
1144:Corridor
1032:Champion
915:distance
833:20171887
744:Amfleets
694:Seminole
689:Illinois
639:between
321:Kankakee
281:Homewood
159:Station
70:Seminole
60:Overview
1837:Shawnee
1823:Planter
1753:Hawkeye
1732:Diamond
1523:Clocker
1485:Bankers
1359:Shawnee
1324:Limited
1261:Calumet
1218:Midwest
986:Pioneer
897:Former
766:Shawnee
721:Shawnee
699:Shawnee
677:Shawnee
673:Shawnee
665:Mattoon
661:Shawnee
651:History
628:Shawnee
441:Mattoon
361:Rantoul
48:Shawnee
34:Shawnee
1713:Creole
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1268:Campus
1098:
905:routes
900:Amtrak
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771:Illini
709:, and
707:Creole
637:Amtrak
137:Legend
130:
115:Amtrak
98:Illini
1760:Iowan
930:Chief
679:, an
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155:Dist.
52:Savoy
1404:East
1331:Loop
1151:West
1017:East
922:West
913:Long
829:OCLC
804:ISBN
764:The
742:and
671:The
659:The
643:and
625:The
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