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74:Last service
69:June 3, 1969
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1833:Sinnissippi
1770:Land O'Corn
1488:Cape Codder
1481:Beacon Hill
1441:(1982–1985)
1436:Silver Palm
1408:Gulf Breeze
1362:State House
1299:Lake Cities
1089:(1996–2002)
1084:Silver Palm
1049:Mountaineer
996:Texas Chief
989:Super Chief
940:Desert Wind
716:instead of
540:499 km
535:310 mi
500:409 km
495:254 mi
460:323 km
455:201 mi
420:280 km
415:174 mi
380:208 km
375:129 mi
340:185 km
335:115 mi
54:Predecessor
1872:Categories
1547:Metroliner
1505:Clamdigger
1498:Chesapeake
1492:(seasonal)
1429:Shenandoah
1422:Montrealer
1369:Turboliner
1334:North Star
1243:Blue Ridge
1236:Black Hawk
1183:San Diegan
1120:(seasonal)
1116:Vacationer
1095:South Wind
1063:Lake Shore
1035:Hilltopper
947:El Capitan
767:References
741:EMD F40PHs
737:Superliner
729:GE P30CHes
670:Algonquian
550:Carbondale
300:92 km
295:57 mi
260:40 km
255:25 mi
1777:Louisiane
1681:Chickasaw
1615:Fort Pitt
1554:Night Owl
1533:Fast Mail
1229:Arrowhead
1028:Floridian
961:Lone Star
700:Louisiane
510:Centralia
470:Effingham
114:Route map
82:Successor
1819:Seminole
1728:Floridan
1708:Daylight
1519:Colonial
1155:Expo '74
1133:Corridor
1021:Champion
904:distance
822:20171887
733:Amfleets
683:Seminole
678:Illinois
628:between
310:Kankakee
270:Homewood
148:Station
59:Seminole
49:Overview
1826:Shawnee
1812:Planter
1742:Hawkeye
1721:Diamond
1512:Clocker
1474:Bankers
1348:Shawnee
1313:Limited
1250:Calumet
1207:Midwest
975:Pioneer
886:Former
755:Shawnee
710:Shawnee
688:Shawnee
666:Shawnee
662:Shawnee
654:Mattoon
650:Shawnee
640:History
617:Shawnee
430:Mattoon
350:Rantoul
37:Shawnee
23:Shawnee
1702:Creole
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1257:Campus
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894:routes
889:Amtrak
820:
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760:Illini
698:, and
696:Creole
626:Amtrak
126:Legend
119:
104:Amtrak
87:Illini
1749:Iowan
919:Chief
668:, an
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41:Savoy
1393:East
1320:Loop
1140:West
1006:East
911:West
902:Long
818:OCLC
793:ISBN
753:The
731:and
660:The
648:The
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