The Kentucky Cardinal was a nightly 312-mile passenger train operated by Amtrak from 1999 to 2003 between Chicago, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky, via Indianapolis, Indiana. On the three days that
The Kentucky Cardinal at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 2001
A typical Kentucky Cardinal consist: a Dash 8-32BWH locomotive (out of frame), a P42DC locomotive, a Hi-Level coach, and a boxcar
The Kentucky Cardinal at Louisville in May 2002
The Hoosier State was a 196-mile passenger train service operated by Amtrak between Chicago and Indianapolis. It ran on the four days each week that the Cardinal did not run, giving daily rail service
Kentucky Cardinal
…Louisville until its discontinuance in October 1979. On December 17, 1999, the Kentucky Cardinal started running as a rebranding and extension of the Hoosier State, which ran four days a week between Chicago and Indianapolis (filling in the gaps in the Cardinal schedule). The Kentucky Cardinal ran as trains 850…
The Hoosier State in Shelby, Indiana in 2011
The first northbound Hoosier State on October 3, 1980
Until 1994, the Hoosier State had a section of on-street running in Lafayette
During the Iowa Pacific era, the Hoosier State was the only short-haul Amtrak train featuring full dining service; business class patrons dined in a vintage dome car.