Broadway Limited

E2991

named train passenger train

Broadway Limited was a famous luxury passenger train that operated between New York City and Chicago, serving as one of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s premier flagship services.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Broadway Limited canonical	6
20th Century Limited	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	named train ⓘ passenger train ⓘ
category	Former Amtrak routes ⓘ Named passenger trains of the United States ⓘ Passenger trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
class	first-class service ⓘ
competedWith	Broadway Limited self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 20th Century Limited New York Central Railroad ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
discontinuedBy	Amtrak ⓘ
electrification	partially electrified route ⓘ
endOfService	1995 ⓘ
endPoint	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
historicalSignificance	symbol of luxury rail travel in the United States ⓘ
inception	1912 ⓘ
locomotiveTypeUsed	diesel locomotives ⓘ electric locomotives on electrified segments ⓘ steam locomotives ⓘ
namedAfter	Main Line (Philadelphia to Pittsburgh) ⓘ surface form: Broadway (Pennsylvania Railroad four-track main line)
notableFeature	all-Pullman sleeping-car consist in its classic era ⓘ
notableFor	flagship train of the Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ
onboardService	dining car ⓘ observation car ⓘ parlor cars ⓘ sleeping cars ⓘ
operatedBy	Penn Central Transportation Company ⓘ surface form: Penn Central (briefly, pre-Amtrak) Pennsylvania Railroad until 1968 ⓘ
operator	Amtrak ⓘ Pennsylvania Railroad Company ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
peakEra	1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ
railGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
railwayLineUsed	Main Line (Philadelphia to Pittsburgh) ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad main line
replaced	Pennsylvania Special ⓘ
route	New York–Philadelphia–Pittsburgh–Chicago ⓘ
scheduleCharacteristic	overnight service between New York and Chicago ⓘ
serviceType	inter-city rail ⓘ luxury train ⓘ
speedCharacteristic	limited-stop express ⓘ
startOfServiceUnderOperator	Amtrak 1971 ⓘ
startPoint	New York City ⓘ
status	discontinued ⓘ
successor	Three Rivers ⓘ
terminus	Chicago Union Station ⓘ Penn Station (New York City) ⓘ surface form: New York Penn Station
travelClass	coach class (Amtrak era) ⓘ first class ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pennsylvania Railroad Company → notableTrain → Broadway Limited ⓘ

PRR → notableTrainService → Broadway Limited ⓘ

subject surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad

Broadway Limited → competedWith → Broadway Limited self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 20th Century Limited

Three Rivers → precededBy → Broadway Limited ⓘ

20th Century Limited → competition → Broadway Limited ⓘ

Amtrak Pennsylvanian → successorTo → Broadway Limited ⓘ

Pennsylvania Railroad passenger cars → usedOnTrain → Broadway Limited ⓘ