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The General (train numbers 48 and 49) was the Pennsylvania Railroad's (PRR) number two train between New York City and Chicago. Only marginally slower than the Broadway Limited, it had no extra fare. For a time before World War II, the train carried more passengers than the Broadway Limited and had been stealing passengers from the New York Central Railroad's 20th Century Limited.

General
Overview
StatusDiscontinued
LocaleMid-West/Mid-Atlantic States
First service1937
Last serviceDecember 12, 1967
SuccessorBroadway Limited
Former operator(s)Pennsylvania Railroad (1937–1967)
Route
TerminiNew York City and Washington, D.C.
Chicago
Distance travelled907.7 miles (1,460.8 km) (New York-Chicago)
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)48 (Chicago to New York)
49 (New York to Chicago)
On-board services
Seating arrangementsReclining seat coach (1957)
Sleeping arrangementsRoomettes, duplex rooms, double bedrooms
Catering facilitiesDining car
Observation facilitiesObservation lounge coach

The General was inaugurated in 1937, and carried coaches and Pullmans. It received some new lightweight equipment in 1938 as part of the fleet of modernism,[1] but it was mostly heavyweight until 1940. It was the only "Fleet of Modernism" train to be streamlined without an observation car. It lost its coaches but still had a passenger-baggage car attached to its consist when the Advance General was inaugurated in 1940. The General became an All-Pullman train in April 1942. It was re-equipped with lightweight sleeping cars from both the pre-war Broadway, and new cars from post-war orders in 1948. At this time, it also carried the Broadway's pre-war View series observation cars. In 1951 the General lost its all-Pullman status when it was combined with the all-coach Trail Blazer for non-peak travel periods only. In 1952 this consolidation became permanent, and by 1960, the Trail Blazer name was dropped.

In the late 1950s, the General also carried coaches and sleepers from Washington, DC, to Chicago via Harrisburg, when the PRR discontinued its Washington-Chicago Liberty Limited train.[2][3]

In 1967 the General merged with the Broadway Limited when that train lost its numbers and all-Pullman status.


Motive Power


Here is a list of motive power used on the General:


Sample Consists


Inaugural streamlined consist, train 49, June 15, 1938.[4]

PB70FR Baggage-coach

P70R Coach

14-Section Heavyweight sleeper

12-5 Lightweight sleeper

4-4-2 Lightweight sleeper

3-1 Lightweight sleeper-lounge

Heavyweight diner

Heavyweight diner

3-1 Lightweight sleeper-lounge

13-Dbr Lightweight sleeper

18-Rmt Lightweight sleeper

12-1 Heavyweight sleeper (Pittsburgh - Chicago)


Train 48, August 3, 1949. Sampled at Sunnyside Yard, Long Island.[5]

GG1 4809

B74B Horse-express car 5868

B74B Horse-express car 5823

R50B Refrigerator-express car 2856

D78FR Diner 4467 (deadhead)

B60b Baggage-express 9375

14 Section betterment heavyweight sleeper Andrew Squire

4-4-2 Lightweight sleeper Imperial Trees

3-1 Lounge-sleeper Colonial Cabins

D85CR Diner 4592

D85DR Kitchen-dorm 4593

10-6 Lightweight sleeper Clarion Rapids

12-4 Lightweight sleeper Chimney Creek

12-Rmt Lightweight sleeper Piqua Inn

2-1 Lightweight lounge-observation car Skyline View


Train 49/77 (combined General/Trail Blazer), August 1952.[5]

B60b (to CB&Q at Chicago)

B60b

10-6 Lightweight sleeper (New York - Los Angeles via CNW/UP train 1)

14 Section betterment heavyweight sleeper

21-Rmt Lightweight sleeper

12-4 Lightweight sleeper

10-6 Lightweight sleeper

6-DBR Lightweight sleeper-lounge

D85CR Lightweight full diner

D85DR Lightweight kitchen-dorm

P85BR Lightweight coach

P85BR Lightweight coach

P85BR Lightweight coach

P85BR Lightweight coach

POC85AR Lightweight Buffet-lounge-observation car


Train 49, December 25, 1962.[5]

GG1 4894

[Due to it being Christmas day, no head end traffic is listed, however a number of express cars and a RPO would on generally be inserted here]

POC85AR Lightweight Buffet-lounge-observation car 1133 (operating observation end leading in order to provide lounge amenities to passengers)

P85BR Lightweight coach 4129

P85BR Lightweight coach 4146

P85BR Lightweight coach 4087

P85BR Lightweight coach 4079

P85BR Lightweight coach 4135

D85DR Lightweight kitchen-dorm 4609

D85CR Lightweight full diner 4608

6-DBR Lightweight sleeper-lounge Sumac Falls

10-6 Lightweight sleeper Fairless Hills

12-4 Lightweight sleeper Chickies Creek

10-5 Lightweight sleeper Cascade Range (extra)

21-Rmt Lightweight sleeper Wilkes Barre Inn (extra)

13-DBR Lightweight sleeper Hamilton County (extra)

10-6 Lightweight sleeper Lehigh Rapids (extra)

12-5 Lightweight sleeper Mar Brook (extra)


References


  1. Welsh, Joe. Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9781610600101.
  2. Sanders, Craig (2006). Amtrak in the Heartland. Indiana University Press. pp. 36–37. ISBN 9780253027931.
  3. "The General". American-Rails.com. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  4. Welsh, Joe (1999). Pennsy Streamliners: The Blue Ribbon Fleet. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach. p. 27. ISBN 0890242933.
  5. Welsh, Joe (1999). Pennsy streamliners : the blue ribbon fleet. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach. ISBN 0-89024-293-3. OCLC 42053328.



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