Chicago Night Express

[1] From 1912 until 1956 the B&O provided overnight sleeping car service between Wheeling, West Virginia and Chicago's Grand Central Station on the Chicago Night Express, Train No.

During World War II, the Chicago Night Express was consolidated with Train No.

9, the Pittsburgh-Chicago Express on the western end of the run from the junction at Willard, Ohio to Chicago.

[1] By 1956, as railroad passenger traffic was declining nationwide, the Chicago Night Express operated as Train No.

In 1947, westbound Chicago Night Express, Train # 9 operated on the following schedule (departure times at principal stops shown): In the 1940s, the westbound Chicago Night Express consisted of two or three head-ended cars, an RPO baggage car, a coach and a sleeper.