Northern Arrow

The Northern Arrow was one of the named passenger trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad^[1] serving St. Louis, Missouri, Cincinnati, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, and Mackinaw City, Michigan. It used the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, a leased subsidiary of the Pennsylvania system. The train was frequented by northbound travelers to popular Northern Michigan destinations north of Grand Rapids, Michigan, such as Petoskey, Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island. One section of the Northern Arrow was a seasonal summer weekly service between Cincinnati, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Mackinaw City, while another section ran between St. Louis, Fort Wayne, and Mackinaw City.

On May 26, 1950, the Northern Arrow was re-equipped with a lightweight lounge and sleeping cars plus a dining car decorated with Northern Michigan photomurals.^[2]

Service was ended in 1961.

References

Named trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad

Admiral Advance General Afternoon Steeler Birmingham Special Broadway Limited Colonial Cincinnati Limited East Wind Federal General Jeffersonian Keystone Manhattan Limited Morning Steeler Northern Arrow Pittsburgher South Wind Spirit of St. Louis Steeler Sunshine Special Trail Blazer Valpo Local

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