Cincinnati Limited

The Cincinnati Limited was a named train of the Pennsylvania Railroad; the train traveled from New York City's Pennsylvania Station to the Cincinnati Union Terminal. It was a rival to New York Central's Ohio State Limited. The Cincinnati Limited carried connecting sleeping cars to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad's Cincinnati to New Orleans Pan American.[1][2] By the mid-1950s, the sleeper extension on L&N lines ended at Memphis instead of New Orleans.[3][4]

Cincinnati Limited
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
LocaleMidwestern United States
Mid-Atlantic United States
First service1920
Last service1971
Former operator(s)Pennsylvania Railroad
Penn Central (1968-1971)
Route
StartNew York, New York
EndCincinnati, Ohio
Distance travelled755.1 miles (1,215.2 km)
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)41 (westbound); 40 (eastbound)
On-board services
Seating arrangementsReclining seat coaches
Sleeping arrangementsSections, Roomettes and double bedrooms (1954)
Catering facilitiesDining car, Lounge car, Bar lounge car
Observation facilitiesObservation car
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The train was sustained into the era of the Penn Central, the successor of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Both the Cincinnati Limited and the Pan American ended service on April 30, 1971, as passenger trains moved over to Amtrak.

Stations west of Harrisburg

The train ran at limited stations from Pittsburgh to Columbus, in comparison to the PRR's Penn Texas which bypassed most of them.[5]

  • Lewiston (westbound only)
  • Altoona
  • Pittsburgh
  • Steubenville (eastbound only)
  • Columbus
  • Xenia (westbound only)
  • Norwood
  • Winton Place
  • Cincinnati

References
  1. Baer, Christopher T. 'Named Trains of the PRR including Through Services,' p. 16
  2. Glenn Woodle (2007-02-19). "Re: L&N Passenger Car Decals". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  3. "Pennsylvania Railroad, Sleeping, Parlor, Dining cars and Coaches, 291, 293". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 87 (7). December 1954.
  4. Pennsylvania Railroad timetable, January 18, 1954, Tables 4, 36, 37 http://streamlinermemories.info/PRR/PRR54-1TT.pdf
  5. Pennsylvania Railroad timetable, January 18, 1954, Tables 4, 36, 37 http://streamlinermemories.info/PRR/PRR54-1TT.pdf
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