East Wind (train)

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Service typeInter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
First service1940
Last service1955
East Wind
Promotional postcard for the train
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
First service1940
Last service1955
Former operatorsPennsylvania Railroad
New Haven Railroad
Boston and Maine Railroad
Route
TerminiWashington, D.C.
Portland, Maine
Distance travelled700 miles (1,100 km)
Average journey time11.5 hours
Service frequencyDaily summer only
Train numbers120 (northbound), 121 (southbound)
On-board services
Seating arrangementsair conditioned coaches
Catering facilitiesDining car and parlor car

The East Wind was a summer passenger train between Washington, D.C., and resorts along the southern Maine coast. Travel time was about 11.5 hours over the 700-mile (1,100 km) route to Portland, Maine in 1941. Travel time was later reduced to 8 hours by 1955 although it terminated in New York City. The route was over the Pennsylvania Railroad from Washington through Philadelphia to New York City, then the New Haven Railroad to Groton, Connecticut, where it left the Northeast Corridor to reach the Boston and Maine Railroad at Worcester, Massachusetts, whereby it continued northeastward, bypassing Boston. The train continued over the Boston & Maine to Portland, where a coach and diner continued to Bangor, Maine, on the connecting Pine Tree Limited. In contrast to the other Mid-Atlantic to Maine trains, it was the only day and evening train.[1]

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