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The ''Lake Shore Limited'' is an overnight Amtrak passenger train service between Chicago and the Northeastern United States. The train uses the former main line of the New York Central Railroad. In Albany, New York it divides, with separate sections serving New York City and Boston. Amtrak began service in 1975; its ''Lake Shore'' had operated over the same route in 1971–72. The train is named for the New York Central's ''Lake Shore Limited'', which was discontinued in 1956. == History == The ''Lake Shore Limited'' is named after one of its illustrious predecessors that ran on the famed Water Level Route of the New York Central. Like the present day ''Lake Shore Limited'', the New York Central edition offered service between New York and Boston and Chicago, although the New York Central used LaSalle Street Station. The New York Central annulled the ''Lake Shore Limited'' in 1956, as part of a system-wide reorganization. Service over the Water Level Route continued until the formation of Amtrak. Amtrak did not include service over the New York Central's Water Level Route in its original route plan; Chicago–New York traffic would be handled by the ''Broadway Limited'' which operated over the Pennsylvania Railroad's main line via Pittsburgh. Between May 1971 – January 1972 Amtrak operated the ''Lake Shore'' over the route with support from the state of Ohio. The modern ''Lake Shore Limited'' began running October 31, 1975 with both New York and Boston sections. The ''Lake Shore Limited'' was the last train to use the decaying Buffalo Central Terminal, departing on October 28, 1979. Since then it has used Buffalo–Depew. On the night of August 3, 1994, around 3:45 am, the westbound ''Lake Shore Limited'', with two locomotives and fifteen cars, and carrying roughly 320 passengers, and nineteen crew members, derailed on Conrail-owned tracks (now owned by CSX) near Batavia, New York. The initial derailment of the wheels of the third car on the train, occurred at milepost 403.7, and the train traveled for another three miles, until the general derailment of the train, at milepost 406.7. In all, fourteen cars derailed, with some sliding down an embankment, and 118 passengers and crew members were injured. However, there were no fatalities. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause were the wheels coming off a section of flattened rail. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lake Shore Limited」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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