North Star (New York Central Railroad train)

Predecessor trains in the pre-World War II period carrying direct sleeping cars to the Adirondacks included the Niagara (#29)[1] and the Ontarian (#21 in 1941).

[2] In its debut season in April, 1947 it featured coaches that went daily from New York City separately to Cleveland, Toronto and Lake Placid, in addition to sleeper cars that went to each of these destinations.

[3] In subsequent years, the main default portion of the train would alternatively terminate at Cleveland or Buffalo, yet, the sleeper service continued to the three cities.

[4][5] In the train's summer seasons in its early years a high proportion of the sleeping cars were Lake Placid-bound.

The Cleveland Limited (#57) handled the west and north-bound sleeper trains on the Adirondack route on other nights.