Broadway Limited

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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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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 20th Century Limited
New York Central Railroad
country United States
discontinuedBy Amtrak
electrification partially electrified route
endOfService 1995
endPoint Chicago
historicalSignificance symbol of luxury rail travel in the United States
inception 1912
locomotiveTypeUsed diesel locomotives
electric locomotives on electrified segments
steam locomotives
namedAfter 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 (briefly, pre-Amtrak)
Pennsylvania Railroad until 1968
operator Amtrak
Pennsylvania Railroad
peakEra 1930s
1940s
railGauge standard gauge
railwayLineUsed 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
New York Penn Station
travelClass coach class (Amtrak era)
first class

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