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| caption         = A streamlined [[Chicago and North Western class E-4|C&NW class E-4 Hudson]] steam locomotive appears in Chicago in 1942 (right). Class ES Pacific engines used for the ''Minnesota 400'' had almost identical shrouding.
| type            = [[Inter-city rail]]
| status          = Discontinued
| locale          = [[Mid-West]]
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| last            = ((end date|1963|07|23))
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| end             = [[Rapid City, South Dakota]]
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| seating         = [[Coach car (train)|Coaches]] (1956)
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The '''''Minnesota 400''''' was a [[streamliner|streamlined]] passenger train operated by the [[Chicago and North Western Railway]] on its southern [[Minnesota]] line between [[Mankato, Minnesota]] and [[Wyeville, Wisconsin]]. It began running in 1936. In 1950 it was extended to run between [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] and [[Huron, South Dakota]] and renamed the '''''Dakota 400'''''. It would be further extended to [[Rapid City, South Dakota]], before being cut back to Mankato, in 1960. This final iteration was named the '''''Rochester 400''''' and it ceased operation in 1963.

== History ==
The ''Minnesota 400'' began service in a similar way to the original [[Twin Cities]] to Chicago ''[[Twin Cities 400|400]]'', with heavyweight passenger cars pulled by an ordinary, non-streamlined steam locomotive.  These were originally [[Chicago and North Western class D|C&NW class D]] [[4-4-2 (locomotive)|4-4-2]] Atlantics, already more than 30 years old.  In 1938, more passenger cars were added to the trains, so the locomotives were replaced by [[Chicago and North Western class E|class E-S]] [[4-6-2]] Pacifics, with streamlined shrouds.  These were still about 25 years old, but were better able to handle the heavier load.  The train still primarily ran with heavyweight passenger cars until after World War II, finally receiving a full consist of [[Streamliner#Trains|streamlined cars]] in 1946.  It was still another four years before the first [[EMD E8]] diesel locomotives began pulling the train in 1950.  At that time, the service was expanded to South Dakota and renamed the ''Dakota 400''.

As the line served [[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester]] and its famous [[Mayo Clinic]], there was at least one car on each train with wider doors for allowing patients on [[stretcher]]s and other accommodations.  By the end of rail service in the 1960s, Mayo stated that 25 to 30 percent of their out-of-town patients still came by train.

Much of the track used in Wisconsin has now been abandoned.  The line in Minnesota and South Dakota is now owned by the [[Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad]] ([[Canadian Pacific]] subsidiary), while parts near Chicago are now owned by the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]. The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern railroad was purchased by Canadian Pacific and the last D M & E train traveled in 2008.

== Route ==
The original ''Minnesota 400'' operated between [[Mankato, Minnesota]] and [[Wyeville, Wisconsin]]. At Wyeville passengers transferred to the ''[[Twin Cities 400]]'' for connections to Chicago. Heretofore that train had not stopped in Wyeville.<ref>((Harvnb|Scribbins|2008|p=81))</ref> On August 8, 1937, the C&NW extended the ''Minnesota 400'' south to Chicago via [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]] and [[Janesville, Wisconsin]]. The southbound train bypassed Wyeville on the [[Elroy-Sparta State Trail|Elroy-Sparta cutoff]]; Milwaukee passengers connected at Madison. This experiment proved short-lived: the train reverted to its original route through Milwaukee on June 26, 1938.<ref>((Harvnb|Scribbins|2008|pp=84–85))</ref>

The ''Dakota 400'' followed much the same route to Chicago, save that it was rerouted westward back to the route through [[Beloit, Wisconsin]] Janesville and Madison.<ref>((cite journal |title=Chicago and Northwestern Railway, Table 67 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=84 |issue=7 |date=December 1951))</ref> Its original western terminus was [[Huron, South Dakota]]. North of Elroy, the northbound train took the Elroy-Sparta cutoff while the southbound train stopped at Wyeville.<ref>((Harvnb|Scribbins|2008|p=102))</ref> Through coach service to [[Rapid City, South Dakota]] began on April 27, 1952; this service began carrying the "Dakota 400" name in October 1955, effectively extending the train to Rapid City.<ref>((Harvnb|Scribbins|2008|pp=105; 111–113))</ref>

The ''Rochester 400'' operated between Mankato and Chicago; east of Mankato its routing was unchanged from the ''Dakota 400''.<ref>((Harvnb|Scribbins|2008|p=119))</ref>

===Principal stops===
In late 1951, these were the principal stops on the ''Dakota 400'':<ref>((cite journal |title=Chicago and Northwestern Railway, Table 67 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=84 |issue=7 |date=December 1951))</ref>
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*Chicago ([[Ogilvie_Transportation_Center#The_1911_station|Chicago & North Western Terminal]])
*Janesville
*Madison ([[Madison station (Chicago and North Western Railway)|Chicago & North Western Station]])
*Elroy
*Sparta
*Winona, Minnesota
*Rochester
*Mankato
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*Brookings, South Dakota
*Huron (At Huron, the sleeping car would be carried directly onto the connecting #515 from Huron to Rapid City; eastbound, the connecting #534 performed the same function from Rapid City to Huron.)<ref>((cite journal |title=Chicago and Northwestern Railway, Table 20 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=89 |issue=5 |date=October 1956))</ref>
*Pierre
*Rapid City
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==Notes==
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==References==
* ((Scribbins-400-2008))

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[[Category:Passenger trains of the Chicago and North Western Railway]]
[[Category:Named passenger trains of the United States]]
[[Category:Passenger rail transportation in Illinois]]
[[Category:Passenger rail transportation in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Passenger rail transportation in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Passenger rail transportation in South Dakota]]
[[Category:Railway services introduced in 1936]]
[[Category:Railway services discontinued in 1963]]

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