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The route of the Cleveland Night Express (in orange)

The Cleveland Night Express was an American named train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) on its route between Baltimore, Maryland, and Cleveland, Ohio, with major station stops in Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The B&O inaugurated the Cleveland Night Express in 1915. Its discontinuation in 1962 marked the end of B&O passenger service to Cleveland.

History

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was chartered in 1827 and grew to be one of the largest passenger railways in the United States, often by acquiring other, smaller railroads. In Cleveland the B&O purchased two local companies, the Cleveland Lorain & Wheeling Railroad and the Cleveland, Terminal & Valley Railway in 1915.

From 1915 until 1962 the B&O provided overnight sleeping car service between Baltimore and Cleveland on the Cleveland Night Express. After June 1934, the Cleveland Night Express used Cleveland's Union Terminal as its passenger station. At times in this period, the train was called the Baltimore-Washington-Cleveland Express westbound and Cleveland-Washington-Baltimore Express.

On February 7, 1956, the train had four passenger cars overturn in a sudden rockslide near McKeesport, Pennsylvania, no deaths occurred with only one injured.

Decline and end of the train

In 1962, as railroad passenger traffic was declining nationwide, the B&O discontinued the Cleveland Night Express on December 7, 1962, which ended all B&O passenger service to Ohio's largest city, Cleveland.

Stations

Station	State
Washington (Union Station)	District of Columbia
Harpers Ferry (B&O station)	West Virginia
Martinsburg
Cumberland	Maryland
Connellsville	Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh (P&L.E. Station)
New Castle
Youngstown (B&O Station)	Ohio
Akron (Union Station)
Cleveland (Cleveland Union Terminal)

Schedule and equipment

In 1961, the westbound Cleveland Night Express departed Union Station (Washington, D.C.) at 9:20 p.m. daily as train No. 17, arriving in Cleveland the following morning at 8:45 a.m., equipped with a Pullman sleeping car, coaches, and a lounge car having a snack bar serving what B&O described in its timetable as a "light breakfast" prior to arrival.

The westbound Cleveland Night Express train No. 17 made the following principal station stops, with a connecting Budd Rail Diesel Car departing at 8:10 p.m. from Baltimore, Maryland:

City	Departure time
Шаблон:Spaces Washington, D.C. (Union Station)	Шаблон:Spaces 9:20 p.m.
Шаблон:Spaces Silver Spring, Maryland (B&O station)	Шаблон:Spaces 9:35 p.m.
Шаблон:Spaces Harpers Ferry, West VirginiaШаблон:Spaces	Шаблон:Spaces 10:29 p.m.
Шаблон:Spaces Martinsburg, West Virginia	Шаблон:Spaces 11:20 p.m.
Шаблон:Spaces Cumberland, Maryland	Шаблон:Spaces 1:05 a.m.
Шаблон:Spaces Connellsville, Pennsylvania	Шаблон:Spaces 3:35 a.m.
Шаблон:Spaces Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (P&L.E. Station)	Шаблон:Spaces 5:15 a.m.
Шаблон:Spaces New Castle, Pa.	Шаблон:Spaces 6:28 a.m.
Шаблон:Spaces Youngstown, Ohio (B&O Station)	Шаблон:Spaces 6:43 a.m.
Шаблон:Spaces Akron, Ohio (Union Station)	Шаблон:Spaces 7:45 a.m.
Шаблон:Spaces Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland Union Terminal)	Шаблон:Spaces 8:45 a.m.
source: B&O timetable, October 29, 1961

References

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