Red Arrow (PRR train)

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Service typeInter-city rail
Statusdiscontinued
First service1925
Red Arrow
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
Statusdiscontinued
LocaleMidwestern United States/Mid-Atlantic States
First service1925
Last service1960
Former operatorPennsylvania Railroad
Route
TerminiWashington, D.C. and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Detroit, Michigan
Distance travelled756.6 miles (1,217.6 km) Detroit-New York
Service frequencyDaily
Train numbers68 (eastbound), 69 (westbound); 574 (branch to Washington), 569 (from Washington)
On-board services
Seating arrangementscoaches (1950)
Sleeping arrangementsSleeping cars: sections, roomettes, duplex rooms, double bedrooms, drawing room (1950)
Catering facilitiesBar-lounge car -New York-Detroit, dining cars New York-Detroit and Washington to Harrisburg (1950)

The Red Arrow was a night train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad that ran from New York City to Detroit. It was named after Michigan’s Red Arrow infantry division of World War I.[1] It had an additional section going to and from Washington, D.C. This was an unusual train, in that the PRR had few trains that ran to Detroit. More of the PRR trains went west to Chicago or St. Louis. The Red Arrow became the premier PRR train on the New York–Detroit circuit although New York Central's Detroiter was faster and better known.[2]

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