From the pages of the Official Guide, July 1957

Minneapolis & St. Louis "Peoria Gateway" herald

Trains 3 & 4

The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.
September, 1956

4 Train Number 3
Daily Miles Services Daily
NP 11 Connecting Train Number GN 10
7 50P Dp 0 St. Paul, MN (CT) (See Note) C R Ar 7 40A
8 15P Ar 12 Minneapolis, MN (Union Depot) C R Dp 7 15A
9 05P Dp 12 Minneapolis, MN (Union Depot) (CT) C Ar 6 45A
9 23P 20 Hopkins, MN C 6 15A
9 50P 35 Chaska, MN 5 47A
9 55P 37 Carver, MN 5 42A
F10 01P 39 Merriam, MN F 5 38A
10 13P 44 Jordan, MN 5 31A
10 35P 54 New Prague, MN C 5 11A
10 50P 62 Montgomery, MN C 4 59A
11 06P 70 Kilkenny, MN 4 46A
11 21P 77 Waterville, MN C 4 35A
F11 31P 81 Palmer, MN F 4 25A
11 50P 88 Waseca, MN C 4 15A
12 01A 95 Otisco, MN 4 01A
12 12A 101 New Richland, MN C 3 51A
12 24A 107 Hartland, MN 3 41A
12 35A 113 Manchester, MN 3 31A
12 50A Ar 119 Albert Lea, MN C Dp 3 20A
1 05A Dp Ar 3 05A
1 20A 127 Twin Lakes, MN 2 50A
1 33A 132 Emmons, IA-MN 2 40A
1 46A 139 Lake Mills, IA C
2 13A 148 Leland, IA 2 13A
2 22A 153 Forest City, IA 2 03A
2 50A 168 Britt, IA C 1 34A
3 11A 179 Corwith, IA C 1 11A
3 27A 187 Luverne, IA 12 54A
3 37A 193 Livermore, IA 12 44A
3 55A 204 Humboldt, IA (Dakota City) C 12 25A
4 11A 213 Badger, IA 12 02A
4 30A Ar 222 Fort Dodge, IA C Dp 11 40P
4 45A Dp Ar 11 25P
5 01A 227 Tara, IA 11 10P
5 10A 231 Moorland, IA 10 57P
5 20A 237 Callender, IA 10 47P
5 31A 242 Gowrie, IA C 10 37P
F 5 39A 247 Lena, IA F10 27P
5 47A 251 Paton, IA 10 20P
5 54A 255 Dana, IA 10 12P
6 06A 261 Grand Junction, IA C 10 01P
6 19A 268 Rippey, IA 9 43P
F 6 25A 273 Angus, IA F 9 32P
6 37A 277 Perry, IA C 9 24P
6 49A 284 Minburn, IA 9 05P
6 59A 290 Dallas Center, IA C 8 52P
7 08A 296 Waukee, IA 8 39P
7 25A 306 West Des Moines, IA 8 20P
7 45A Ar 311 Des Moines, IA C Dp 8 10P

Train 4 (Minneapolis-Des Moines): 43 stops; 10:40; 28.0 MPHTrain 3 (Des Moines-Minneapolis): 42 stops; 10:35; 28.3 MPH

NOTE for Trains 3 & 4: "M. & St. L. passenger trains terminate at Minneapolis. Passengers are handled between St. Paul and Minneapolis via connecting trains of other lines." [The original timetable does not give connecting train number information, only the time of arrival into St. Paul as 7:40 a.m. and the departure time from St. Paul as 5:30 p.m. I was able to match the northbound connecting train as Great Northern No. 10, but could not find an exact match with a 5:30 p.m. departure time from St. Paul. However, the Northern Pacific train which I show here operated into the same station in Minneapolis and appears to provide a closer and better connection to southbound Train No. 4 than in the original timetable.]

THE MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY

EQUIPMENT.
Luxury Type Air-Conditioned Coaches on Trains 3, 4, 7, 8, 13 and 14.