Northern Arrow
Northern Arrow was one of the named passenger trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad starting at Cincinnati, Ohio and ending at Mackinaw City, Michigan. It had merging branches originating from St. Louis, Missouri and Chicago, Illinois, converging in Fort Wayne, Indiana; and a Columbus, Ohio branch from the east converging at Richmond, Indiana. Carrying the number #519 northbound and #520 southbound, 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 Chicago, and Mackinaw City, while another section ran between St. Louis, Fort Wayne, and Mackinaw City.During World War II and immediately after, 1942–1946, this was one of the named trains dropped from service.
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. It did not operate outside of the summer months, as there were no trains on the route north of Grand Rapids during the colder months.
Service was ended in 1961.
