The Capitol Limited is a major artery route in my opinion between Chicago and Washington D.C., it is also one of the names that Amtrak has kept over the many years. The train itself is unique in the fact that it is the only Superliner car run train on the East Coast since many of the cars are usually Amfleet coach cars and Viewliner sleeping cars. The journey goes through many cities such as Toledo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cumberland, Harpers Ferry, and Rockville. Interesting fact is that the Limited crosses the state of Maryland twice, once in Cumberland before entering West Virginia and again in Rockville before entering Washington D.C., that is just something that the state of Maryland can do since it has a small pan handle near Harpers Ferry. Back on February 16th, 1996 a westbound Capitol Limited collided with a MARC train heading towards Silver Springs, Maryland. Now the route is an overnight train and it crosses through Pittsburgh in the evening when train number 29 from Washington D.C. and passes through early in the morning on train number 30 from Chicago in time for businessmen to arrive at work rested and ready to go. The Capitol Limited was created by the B&O railroad but the train originated in New York City and reached Washington D.C. later in the evening while the train would arrive at 8 in the morning into Chicago.The Capitol Limited received streamlined heavyweight sleeping and dining cars in 1938. A typical consist included the following: baggage-dormitory, 8-section 1-drawing room 1-compartment sleeping car, dining car, three to four 8-section 5-double bedroom sleeping cars, 14-section sleeping car, two 12-section 1-drawing room sleeping cars, and a sleeper-buffet-lounge with a drawing room and three compartments. In 1941 these cars were augmented by several lightweight 10-roomette 5-bedroom sleeping cars. Now a days the train is run by two P42 engines following behind are a baggage car, transition sleeper, two sleeper cars, dining car, sightseer lounge, and three coach cars. I will be taking trains number 30 and 29 but on the way there I will be ending up in Rockville and on the way home I will start from Washington D.C. Union Station. In the coming weeks I will post some pictures of the train and its old owner the B&O. Next will be the Empire Builder and I will post on this train in two weeks.
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7/4/2022 11:42:56 am
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