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20th Century Limited by Karl R Zimmermann New York Central w Dust Jacket
20th Century Limited by Karl R Zimmermann
Hard cover with dust jacket
Copyright 2002
156 pages Indexed
MBI Publishing
Table of contents:
Acknowledgements 7
Foreward 9
1.Riding the Greatest Train Ever Made 15
2.The Early Years 29
3.Abundant Centurys: The Heavyweight Years 41
4.Henry Dreyfuss Elegant Streamliner 67
5.The Final Flowering 97
6.The Great Steel Fleet 127
7.Other Fleets: The Competition 143
Epilogue 151
Index 156
In the history of American railroading, no train stands taller than the 20th Century Limited, New York Central's famous flagship that plied the "Water Level Route" between Chicago and New York from 1902 until 1967. This book tells the complete story of this extraordinary train, from its illustrious beginning in the days of opulent wooden cars through its demise in the era of passenger-train cutbacks that led to the formation of Amtrak. Along the way, the chronicle recounts the Century's operation in multiple sections-as many as seven in one direction-in the 1920s and 30s, when it ran with "heavyweight" Pullmans, as well as the streamline era, ushered in with industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss' elegant train of 1938.
The Century was a train of magnates and movie stars, with a red carpet rolled out for departure. It carried only Pullmans for most of its career, commanding an extra fare commensurate with its extra-fine service and equipment and its speed. For decades it was powered by stylish Hudson-type locomotives-first "standard," later streamlined-and after that by diesels in a distinctive "lightning-stripe" livery. With the finest of food in the diner and a full array of amenities-barber, secretary, shower, maid-the 20th Century Limited set the standards against which all other passenger trains would be measured.
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