Train Data:

Route

New York, NY - Chicago, IL

Distance

1147 miles / 1846 km

Operation

3 times a week

Time

28h 00m

Train Set

Amfleet II, Viewliner

Cars

Sleeper, Coach, Dinette

Station Information:

Elevation

Notes

New York - Penn. Station

ET

0 mi

 12 m

NJ Transit

Newark

ET

10 mi

5 m

NJ Transit

(Newark Airport)

ET

13 mi

 6 m

NJ Transit, Non Stop

(Metropark)

ET

25 mi

17 m

NJ Transit, Non Stop

(New Brunswick)

ET

33 mi

12 m

NJ Transit, Non Stop

(Princeton Junction)

ET

49 mi

21 m

NJ Transit, Non Stop

Trenton

ET

58 mi

 12 m

NJ Transit, SEPTA

(Cornwells Heights)

ET

 74 mi

12 m

SEPTA, Non Stop

(North Philadelphia)

ET

86 mi

30 m

SEPTA, Non Stop

Philadelphia - 30th Street

ET

91 mi

6 m

SEPTA

Wilmington

ET

116 mi

10 m

SEPTA

(Newark)

ET

 128 mi

 27 m

SEPTA, Non Stop

(Aberdeen)

ET

155 mi

24 m

SEPTA, Non Stop

Baltimore

ET

185 mi

27 m

MARC, MTA (Light Rail)

(BWI Airport)

ET

196 mi

24 m

MARC, Non Stop

(New Carrollton)

ET

217 mi

33 m

MARC, METRO, Non Stop

Washington

ET

225 mi

15 m

VRE, MARC, METRO

Alexandria

ET

233 mi

9 m

VRE, METRO

(Burke Centre)

ET

 mi

 m

VRE, Non Stop

Manassas

ET

258 mi

91 m

VRE

Culpeper

ET

293 mi

122 m

Charlottesville

ET

340 mi

147 m

Staunton

ET

379 mi

427 m

Clifton Forge

ET

437 mi

325 m

White Sulphur Springs

ET

472 mi

585 m

Alderson

ET

496 mi

473 m

Flag Stop Station

Hinton

ET

517 mi

430 m

Prince

ET

540 mi

365 m

Thurmond

ET

551 mi

327 m

Flag Stop Station

Montgomery

ET

592 mi

207 m

Charleston

ET

619 mi

184 m

State Capitol

Huntington

ET

668 mi

174 m

Ashland

ET

683 mi

165 m

South Portsmouth

ET

712 mi

163 m

Maysville

ET

766 mi

152 m

Cincinnati

ET

828 mi

152 m

Connersville

ET

893 mi

255 m

Indianapolis

ET

951 mi

217 m

State Capitol

Crawfordsville

ET

998 mi

229 m

Flag Stop Station

Lafayette

ET

1025 mi

165 m

Rensselaer

CT

1072 mi

203 m

Dyer

CT

1118 mi

191 m

Chicago

CT

1147 mi

182 m

METRA

Note:  Cardinal does not stop at the stations in parentheses (  ). 

Only Amtrak stations are listed.  Commuter Train Stations are not shown.

Train #50 at Indianapolis (2009)

Train #50 - Viewliner Sleeper (2009)

Train #50 at Maysville, KY (2009)

Train #50 at Ashland, KY (2009)

Train #50 - Amfleet II Coach (2009)

Train #50 at Prince, WV (2009)

Train #50 at Alderson, WV (2009)

Train #50 near Alderson, WV (2009)

Train #50 at Alexandria, VA (2009)

Train #50 at Washington, DC (2009)

Train Gif: Alex Stroshane of Amtrak Prototype & Model

~ Actual Train Consists - Cardinal Car Numbers ~