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For the Amtrak train, see Black Hawk (Amtrak train). Passenger train from Chicago to Minneapolis

*Black Hawk*
Overview
The Black Hawk at La Vergne station in 1967
Status	Discontinued
Last service	April 13, 1970 (1970-04-13)
Former operator(s)	Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Burlington Northern
Route
Termini	Chicago Minneapolis
Distance travelled	437 miles (703 km)
Train number(s)	47/48

The Black Hawk was a named passenger train operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad between Chicago, Illinois, and Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, the nighttime counterpart to the Burlington's Twin Zephyrs.

At the time, the CB&Q sought to compete in the Chicago-Twin Cities overnight train market against the Milwaukee Road's Pioneer Limited and the C&NW's North Western Limited. In common with its competitors, the Black Hawk carried both sleeping cars and coaches. However, with departure well past dinnertime, the train's dining car (or diner-lounge) served only "evening refreshments" upon departure and a full breakfast the following morning. In later years, the breakfast became Continental in nature.

During its final years, the Black Hawk provided an eastbound connection with the Northern Pacific Railway's Mainstreeter, and the Great Northern Railway's Western Star. By the late 1960s it combined with the Western Star both ways, and with the Mainstreeter westbound.

The Black Hawk was discontinued after its final run on the night of April 12–13, 1970, six weeks after March 2, when the CB&Q merged into Burlington Northern.

References

^ "CB&Q Timetable 4 19671029". www.flickr.com. 29 Oct 1967. Retrieved 18 Jan 2014. Photograph of timetable posted on flickr.com by David Wilson.

v t e Named trains of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Zephyrs	Advance Texas Zephyrs Afternoon Zephyr Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr American Royal Zephyr California Zephyr Denver Zephyr General Pershing Zephyr Kansas City Zephyr Mark Twain Zephyr Morning Zephyr Nebraska Zephyr Ozark State Zephyr Pioneer Zephyr Sam Houston Zephyr Silver Streak Zephyr Texas Zephyr Twin Cities Zephyr Zephyr Connection Zephyr Rocket
Other named trains	Adventureland Ak-Sar-Ben American Royal Aristocrat Atlantic Coast Limited Black Hawk The Buffalo Bill Chicago Limited Chicago-Nebraska Limited Colorado Limited Denver Limited Exposition Flyer Fast Mail General Custer Gulf Coast Special Minnesota Limited Missouri Limited Nebraska-Chicago Limited Night Hawk Overland Express Shoshone St. Louis Limited Texas Rocket Twin City Limited Yellowstone Park Train
Operated with GN & NP	Atlantic Express Empire Builder Great Northern Express Mainstreeter Mississippi Valley Express North Coast Limited Northern Pacific Express Oriental Limited Pacific Express Puget Sound Express Southeast Express Western Star

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