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Cincinnati Limited

The Cincinnati Limited at Altoona
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Midwestern United States Mid-Atlantic United States
First service	1920
Last service	1971
Former operator(s)	Pennsylvania Railroad Penn Central (1968-1971)
Route
Termini	New York, New York Cincinnati, Ohio
Distance travelled	755.1 miles (1,215.2 km)
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	41 (westbound); 40 (eastbound)
On-board services
Seating arrangements	Reclining seat coaches
Sleeping arrangements	Sections, Roomettes and double bedrooms (1954)
Catering facilities	Dining car, Lounge car, Bar lounge car
Observation facilities	Observation car
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

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. By the mid-1950s, the sleeper extension on L&N lines ended at Memphis instead of New Orleans.

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.

• Lewistown station (westbound only)
• Altoona station
• Pittsburgh Union Station
• Steubenville (eastbound only)
• Columbus Union Station
• Xenia (westbound only)
• Norwood
• Winton Place
• Cincinnati Union Terminal

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. 87 (7). National Railway Publication Company. 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

v t e Named trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Named trains	Admiral Advance General Aiken-Augusta Special Akronite American Afternoon Steeler Birmingham Special Broadway Limited Buckeye Buffalo Day Express Bullet Cavalier Cincinnati Limited Clevelander Colonial Del-Mar-Va Express Dominion Express Duquesne East Wind Federal Florida Arrow General Indianapolis Limited Jeffersonian Juniata Kentuckian Keystone Liberty Limited Manhattan Limited Metropolitan Northern Express / Southern Express Morning Steeler Northern Arrow Patriot Penn Texas Pennsylvania Limited Pittsburgher Red Arrow Senator South Wind Southland Spirit of St. Louis St. Louisan Steeler Sunshine Special Trail Blazer Union Valpo Local
Rolling stock	View series

v t e Named trains of Penn Central
Admiral Birmingham Special Broadway Limited Champion Cincinnati Limited Colonial Duquesne Federal James Whitcomb Riley Juniata Manhattan Limited Merchants Limited Patriot Pelican Penn Texas Pennsylvania Limited Pilgrim Senator Silver Meteor Silver Star South Wind Spirit of St. Louis

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