By the end of 1965, the B&O and the Norfolk and Western (the successor to the Nickel Plate) had terminated their last trains that had served Cleveland. By the end of 1967, the New York Central had discontinued all named that had run through Cleveland. All that remained as passenger trains were unnamed successors to the #51 (westbound to the "Empire State Express"), #90 (eastbound successor to the "Chicagoan"), #27/28 (successor to the "New England States") and #63/#64 (Chicago-New York) trains.