The Broadway Limited was the Pennsylvania Railroad's (PRR) premier named passenger train, operating between New York, NY (or Washington, DC) and Chicago, IL, one train daily in either direction. The Broadway ran from 1912 (although its train numbers (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 re-equipped 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. This train was the PRR's only pre-WWII train to receive such an equipment investment; other PRR trains used heavyweight cars until after the war. Most of the equipment in the 1938 re-equip 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.

Amtrak's Broadway Limited

References

External links

• Inside the Broadway Limited promotional booklet published by PRR.

See Also

• List of Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Trains