Pennsylvania Railroad Broadway Limited Magic

From ; Speed and Security It was an all Pullman Car Private room Luxury Streamliner The PRR Broadway Limited ran from New York to Chicago via Philadelphia in Hours. The Broadway Limited Passenger Train ran the same basic route mapped out by the Pennsylvania Railroad, which began the service June , , as an all-first-class, all-Pullman train. Inaugurated as the Pennsylvania Special, it became the Broadway Limited in , taking its name not from New York’s theater district but from the railroad’s wide right-of-way of four and even six track main line or broadway. The last Broadway Limited was run by Amtrak on 9/9/. The Pennsylvania Railroad was founded in . Commonly referred to as the “Pennsy”, the PRR was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest railroad by traffic and revenue in the US throughout its th Century existence and was at one time the largest publicly traded corporation in the world. At its peak, it controlled about , miles of rail line. During its history, the PRR merged with or had an interest in at least other rail lines and companies. The PRR corporation still holds the record for the longest continuous dividend history: it paid out annual dividends to shareholders for more than years in a row. For many years the President of the PRR was considered more powerful than the President of the United States. The budget for the PRR was larger than that of the government and the Pennsy employed approximately , workers.