20th Century Limited - Decades TV Network
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- Опубликовано: 8 окт 2024
- The 20th Century Limited was considered the most luxurious way to travel by train in the early 1900s. The passenger train ran between New York City and Chicago and offered amenities from barbers and air-conditioning to fine dining. The 20th Century Limited made its last run on December 3, 1967.
I rode the steam version twice. Treated as royalty too. Very comfortable and pampered.
it should be pointed out that even today its almost impossible to drive form NYC to Chicago in 19hrs let alone 16.
The Century could make the run in 16 hours because the route was more direct. I rode the Century more than once.
@@katheryneclayton3379 the stories you could tell aw man.
Even had a Barber Shop too.
A grand engine for a grand train. Long live the limited
Wish they kept a Dreyfuss Hudson
amazing train and line
awsome engine ! wish they didnt scrap all of them.
Crf450r Jay Bird the smithsonian was supposed to get one but it got scrapped before they could get it
Crf450r Jay Bird Dosent everyone wish that?
@@Shinyarc how about the 20th century limited have 19 cars.
@@The20thCenturyLimited Bullshit
im glad it had a time to run
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the titanic of the rails
Great video. In February of 1983 I sent a typed letter to Amtrak suggesting that they rename the Lake Shore Limited the Twentieth Century Limited. Amtrak sent me a letter back and told me they will decide what to name their trains. If I were the President of Amtrak then, I would have changed the name of the Lake Shore Limited to the Twentieth Century Limited which is a far much better classier & nicer name. When the New York Central railroad got ride of their lightening striped paint scheme on their engines and went to that damned Ugly cigar band scheme in the late 1950’s that railroad along with the government and the state government of New York State taxed the hell out of the railroad that was when the New York Central railroad & other railroads in the 9 State Northeast region went downhill.Railroads are the only big business that New York State taxes, while other big businesses are either not taxed and/or almost not taxed at all.
Christopher S. O' them saying they’ll decide is a bit rude
The reason it is Lake Shore Limited is that it has always been a less luxurious train than the 20th Century was. It is not up to the fine standards of the 20 Century.......This is similar to what happened to the Super Chief passenger train run by the Santa Fe railroad.....when Amtrak took over the passenger trains in 1971, Santa Fe allowed them to keep using the Super Chief name, on the condition that the service on the train remain absolutely First Class.......but within 3 years, the service had declined so much that Santa Fe forbade Amtrak to use the name. Santa Fe did allow Amtrak to call it The Chief, which was a less luxurious train Santa Fed had run....that train is now called The South-west Chief.
Is this narrated by Bill Kurtis of Chicago television?
Yes.
Wouldn't steam powered br great again if we could run it on wood so we could travel eco friendly.
Marcus M Well, the Grand Canyon railroad is using waste vegetable oil to power its steam locomotives.
Jake andZack Nice
Marcus M Back in pioneer times, trains did use wood, it just wasn't efficient enough to be profitable.
Maybe Natural-Gas?
If railroads had not been in such a rush to get rid of the steam engines after WW2, a lot of technological developments as regards to steam engines would have come out. They might well still be around today but you probably wouldn't even recognize them. Then again, maybe not. The railroads wanted to get rid of them because they were so labor intensive, for one thing.