train american passenger train run baltimore originally new_york_city grand central station chicago illinois washington pittsburgh years flagship passenger train noted service innovation time amtrak took rail passenger service operated washington chicago history inaugurated sleeping car train running new_york_city chicago washington west newark station new_jersey train reading railroad far philadelphia reached rails chicago designed compete luxury trains rival pennsylvania railroad longer route competitive disadvantage new_york time sensitive travelers offered 1920s onboard capitol dining cars particularly noted chesapeake_bay cuisine served ornate cars glass windows glass colonial style capitol limited derived passenger traffic businessmen government officials travelling washington midwest september terminated contract permitted use hudson_river tunnels manhattan passenger trains new_york operated main line connection reading terminal passengers transferred buses met train right platform buses ferried hudson_river manhattan proceeded stations including center brooklyn train purchasing sets new locomotives heavily debt depression afford buy new equipment rebuilt old heavyweight passenger cars streamlined ones introduced making streamlined train eastern september sleeping cars operating new_york streamlined aesthetic features train turned renowned industrial designer turned cap known operation complete stunning royal blue silver gold pin paint scheme time classics era route equipment following end world war railway launched sleeping car service washington los_angeles chief february departed train express sleeping car train limited stops mile route chicago table right list station stops major cities highlighted blue bus ferry connections yellow eastbound train departed chicago train scheduled departure timed travelers riding western railroads chicago readily connect eastward journey deluxe train height train travel 1920s occasionally ran multiple sections frequently extensively competing pennsylvania railroad 20th railroad introduce air conditioning trains beginning followed ahead competitors innovation received favorable comment nationwide news media received streamlined heavyweight sleeping dining cars typical consist included following baggage dormitory section drawing room compartment sleeping car dining car section double bedroom sleeping cars section sleeping car section drawing room sleeping cars sleeper lounge drawing room compartments cars augmented lightweight bedroom sleeping cars early 1950s combined cars ambassador train new_york washington washington trains operated separately additional washington sleeping cars added twin unit dining car dome cars club car flat end observation car equipped new streamlined sleeping cars including new type named rivers lakes train route dome cars dome dome having sleeping compartments lower levels added january twin unit dining car seating passengers time obtained decline final run common trains mid-1950s suffered steadily declining patronage traveling public abandoned trains favor automobile gave competing new_york passenger service north baltimore april operated washington chicago train cars originating baltimore passenger trains combined ambassador detroit coach chicago combined train early 1960s cars pulled locomotives stem loss passengers resulting early 1960s offered reduced mid week auto shipment passengers similar concept onboard movies attract passengers train marginally profitable mail express revenue included loss mail express contracts accounted percent total passenger train revenue severely affected passenger service cancellation mail contract trains october death passenger trains dropped consist considerably reduced discontinued long distance train service baltimore october april connecting operated baltimore washington train june diesel electric engines pulled train baggage sleeper lounge dome coach coaches advent amtrak discontinued passenger trains local commuter services final run old april ran entire baltimore including dome car printed special commemorative tickets returned spring water signature eat giant final run dining car amenities prosperous times year veteran dining car run recalled reporter vegetables served cooked board frozen food inception amtrak continue passenger train routes ended year run lapse years amtrak revived washington chicago service tracks washington pittsburgh pennsylvania
Capitol Limited (B&O train)