Broadway Limited

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The ''Broadway Limited'' was the Pennsylvania Railroad 's (PRR) premier named passenger train, operating one train daily in either direction between New York (or Washington, D.C. ) and Chicago, Illinois . The ''Broadway'' ran from 1912 (although its train Nos. 28 and 29 operated from 1902 as the ''Pennsylvania Special'') and outlasted the Pennsylvania Railroad, operating under Amtrak until 1995 .

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD'S ''BROADWAY LIMITED''

Equipment used

In 1938 , the ''Broadway Limited'' was completely reequipped with lightweight steel cars to replace the heavyweight steel cars. The new equipment's industrial design was a product of Raymond Loewy , who would later go on to design the PRR GG1 to pull the train, as well as some streamlined steam locomotives for the PRR . This train was the PRR's only pre- World War II train to receive such an equipment investment; other PRR trains used heavyweight cars until after the War. Most of the equipment in the 1938 upgrade was built new by Pullman-Standard between March and May of that year, but the diners were rebuilt from heavyweight cars by the railroad's Altoona shops. The 1938 consist included the following equipment:

sleeper (18 roomettes), one of 8 cars named ''City of Baltimore'', ''City of Cincinnati'', ''City of Columbus'', ''City of New York'', ''City of Philadelphia'', ''City of Pittsburgh'', ''City of St. Louis'' or ''City of Washington''.

sleeper-lounge (2 double bedrooms, secretary's room, barber shop, shower-bath, bar/lounge), either ''Harbor Point'' or ''Harbor Springs''.

diner, a heavyweight car rebuilt at the Altoona shops.

sleeper (4 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, 4 double bedrooms), one of four cars named ''Imperial Park'', ''Imperial Pass'', ''Imperial Plateau'' or ''Imperial Point''.

sleeper (13 double bedrooms), either ''Allegheny County'' or ''New York County''.

sleeper-buffet-lounge-observation (2 master rooms, 1 double bedroom), either ''Metropolitan View'' or ''Skyline View''.

Station stops

New York Penn Station

Newark Penn Station

North Philadelphia

Paoli

Harrisburg (engine change from GG1 to disel-electric units)

Baker Street Station (Fort Wayne)

Englewood - transfer to Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific Railroad

Chicago Union Station

Station Stops, 1958

New York Pennsylvania Station

Newark Pennsylvania Station

Philadelphia (North Philadelphia Station)

Paoli

Harrisburg Union Station (engine change from GG1 to diesel-electric units)

Altoona, PA

Crestline, OH

Fort Wayne

Englewood Union Station

Chicago_Union_Station

Cars from New York's Hudson Terminal and Jersey City's Exchange Place were added at Newark.

AMTRAK'S ''BROADWAY LIMITED''

When into Chicago . In 1995 the ''Broadway Limited'' was ended, though it was later brought back as the '' Three Rivers '', the latter of which has since been discontinued by Amtrak west of Pittsburgh.

REFERENCES

Mike Schafer, Amtrak's atlas, '' Trains '' June 1991

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