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" logos such as these often adorned the ends of observation cars on the ''Broadway Limited''.]] 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 . 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 . The name referred not to Broadway in Manhattan , but rather to the "broad way" of the Pennsylvania Railroad's four-track right of way along a large portion of the route. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD'S ''BROADWAY LIMITED'' Equipment used On June 15,1938, the ''Broadway Limited'' was completely re-equipped with lightweight steel cars to replace its heavyweight steel cars. This was the same date that new, streamlined equipment made its debut on rival New York Central's "Twentieth Century Limited." The new equipment's industrial design was a product of Raymond Loewy , who also designed the PRR GG1 electric locomotive as well as some streamlined steam locomotives for the PRR . This train was only one of several pre- World War II trains 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, RPO and baggage cars were rebuilt from heavyweight cars by the railroad's Altoona shops. The 1938 consist included the following equipment:
The new, streamlined equipment traversed the 900.7 miles between New York and Chicago in 16 hours: the same timing as the New York Central's "Twentieth Century Limited." Though the Pennsylvania's route was 60 miles shorter, slower speeds across the Allegheny Mountains between Altoona and Pittsburgh, PA equalized the two trains' times. Sample Consist Westbound train #29 - Broadway Limited; sampled at Alliance, Ohio on 1941-11-13 Wayner Publications; Robert J. Wayner; ''Passenger Train Consists; 1923 - 1973 ''. P.21.
Westbound train #29 - Broadway Limited; sampled at Newark, New Jersey on 1924-07-02 Wayner Publications; Robert J. Wayner; ''Passenger Train Consists; 1923 - 1973 ''. P.4.
Station stops
Station Stops, 1958
In much earlier days, cars from PRR's Exchange Place terminal in Jersey City were added at Newark. Passengers from the Hudson And Manhattan Railroad 's Hudson Terminal could transfer to these cars, and connections from Hudson Terminal were listed in PRR timetables. AMTRAK'S ''BROADWAY LIMITED'' When into Chicago . In 1995 the ''Broadway Limited'' ended service, though it was briefly brought back as the '' Three Rivers ''. In 1999 the ''Three Rivers'' service was discontinued by Amtrak west of Pittsburgh, and later renamed the ''Pennsylvanian'', which operates as a daylight coach and snack-car service subsidized by the State of Pennsylvania. REFERENCES SEE ALSO
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