Cincinnati Limited
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Inter-city rail |
| Status | Discontinued |
| Locale | Midwestern United States Mid-Atlantic United States |
| First service | 1920 |
| Last service | 1971 |
| Former operator(s) | Pennsylvania Railroad Penn Central (1968-1971) |
| Route | |
| Start | New York, New York |
| End | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Distance travelled | 755.1 miles (1,215.2 km) |
| Service frequency | Daily |
| Train number(s) | 41 (westbound); 40 (eastbound) |
| On-board services | |
| Seating arrangements | Reclining seat coaches |
| Sleeping arrangements | Sections, Roomettes and double bedrooms (1954) |
| Catering facilities | Dining car, Lounge car, Bar lounge car |
| Observation facilities | Observation car |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
The Cincinnati Limited was a named train of the Pennsylvania Railroad; the train traveled from New York City's Pennsylvania Station to the Cincinnati Union Terminal. It was a rival to New York Central's Ohio State Limited. The Cincinnati Limited carried connecting sleeping cars to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad's Cincinnati to New Orleans Pan American.[1][2] By the mid-1950s, the sleeper extension on L&N lines ended at Memphis instead of New Orleans.[3][4]
The train was sustained into the era of the Penn Central, the successor of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Both the Cincinnati Limited and the Pan American ended service on April 30, 1971, as passenger trains moved over to Amtrak.
Stations west of Harrisburg[]
The train ran at limited stations from Pittsburgh to Columbus, in comparison to the PRR's Penn Texas which bypassed most of them.[5]
- Lewistown station (westbound only)
- Altoona station
- Pittsburgh Union Station
- Steubenville (eastbound only)
- Columbus Union Station
- Xenia (westbound only)
- Norwood
- Winton Place
- Cincinnati Union Terminal
Consist Samples[]
Train 40, August 2, 1949. Sampled at Sunnyside Yard, Long Island[6]
GG1 4875
BM70N Baggage-mail 5236
B60b Baggage-express 9255
P70GSR Modernized heavyweight coach 4342
P70KR Modernized heavyweight coach 4255
12-1 Betterment heavyweight sleeper Richard Montgomery
21-Rmt Lightweight sleeper Hamilton Inn
D70DR Kitchen-Dorm 4683
D70CR Full Diner 4684
2-1 Heavyweight sleeper-lounge Sun Gold
21-Rmt Lightweight sleeper Sharon Inn
12-4 Lightweight sleeper Clyde Creek
10-6 Lightweight sleeper Towanda Rapids
10-6 Lightweight sleeper Turtle Rapids
12-4 Lightweight sleeper Cloud Creek
2-1-1 Lightweight sleeper-lounge-obs Samuel Rea
References[]
- ^ Baer, Christopher T. 'Named Trains of the PRR including Through Services,' p. 16
- ^ Glenn Woodle (2007-02-19). "Re: L&N Passenger Car Decals". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Railroad, Sleeping, Parlor, Dining cars and Coaches, 291, 293". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 87 (7). December 1954.
- ^ Pennsylvania Railroad timetable, January 18, 1954, Tables 4, 36, 37 http://streamlinermemories.info/PRR/PRR54-1TT.pdf
- ^ Pennsylvania Railroad timetable, January 18, 1954, Tables 4, 36, 37 http://streamlinermemories.info/PRR/PRR54-1TT.pdf
- ^ Welsh, Joe (1999). Pennsy streamliners : the blue ribbon fleet. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach. ISBN 0-89024-293-3. OCLC 42053328.
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