Английская Википедия:Daylight Speedliner
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The Daylight Speedliner was an American named passenger train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in the 1950s and early 1960s. Equipped with three or four streamlined, self-propelled Budd Rail Diesel Cars (RDCs) coupled together, it initially operated between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, via Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, D. C., as Trains #21–22.[1]
The B&O had been using RDCs in local Baltimore–Washington, D.C., commuter service since 1950. Pleased with their reliability and lower operating costs compared to heavyweight passenger trains drawn by steam locomotives, the B&O decided in 1955 to replace its money-losing Washingtonian steam train with RDCs, ordering four RDC-1s with reclining coach seats and two RDC-2s with baggage compartments. The RDC-equipped Daylight Speedliner entered service on October 28, 1956, and reduced the railroad's operating expenses by almost half, compared to the Washingtonian train it replaced.[2]
After B&O discontinued passenger service north of Baltimore on April 26, 1958, the Daylight Speedliner operated between Baltimore and Pittsburgh, covering the Шаблон:Convert route on a seven-hour schedule, until its discontinuation on January 21, 1963.[2]
Stations
| Station | State |
|---|---|
| Baltimore (Camden Station) | Maryland |
| Washington (Union Station) | District of Columbia |
| Silver Spring | Maryland |
| Harpers Ferry | West Virginia |
| Martinsburg | |
| Cumberland | Maryland |
| Connellsville | Pennsylvania |
| McKeesport | |
| Pittsburgh (P&LE Station) |
Schedule and equipment
In 1961, the westbound Daylight Speedliner, operating as B&O's Train # 21, departed Baltimore at 9:00 a.m. and then Washington, D.C., at 10:00 a.m., arriving in Pittsburgh at 4:20 p.m. on the following schedule (principal stops shown in blue):[3]
| City | Departure time |
|---|---|
| Шаблон:SpacesBaltimore, Md. (Camden Station) | Шаблон:Spaces9:00 a.m. |
| Шаблон:SpacesWashington, D.C. (Union Station) | Шаблон:Spaces10:00 a.m. |
| Шаблон:SpacesSilver Spring, Md. | Шаблон:Spaces10:11 a.m. |
| Шаблон:SpacesHarpers Ferry, W. Va. | Шаблон:Spaces11:02 a.m. |
| Шаблон:SpacesMartinsburg, W. Va. | Шаблон:Spaces11:25 a.m. |
| Шаблон:SpacesCumberland, Md. | Шаблон:Spaces12:55 p.m. |
| Шаблон:SpacesConnellsville, Pa. | Шаблон:Spaces3:00 p.m. |
| Шаблон:SpacesMcKeesport, Pa. | Шаблон:Spaces3:55 p.m. |
| Шаблон:SpacesPittsburgh, Pa. (P&LE Station) | Шаблон:Spaces4:20 p.m. |
| source: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad System Time Tables, April 30, 1961 | |
Unusual for RDCs, the lead RDC-2 car was configured by B&O as a combination dining car/baggage car/coach (pictured) offering full meal service, with the addition of a kitchen and six tables, listed in B&O's 1961 time table as a "refreshment diner". Two of these unique cars were built for the service; both survive today. One is on display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Md; the other is at the Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury, Conn.[3][4]
References
Шаблон:Infobox B&O Named Trains
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Harry Stegmaier, Baltimore & Ohio Passenger Service, Vol. 2 – Route of the Capitol Limited. Lynchburg, Va.: TLC Publishing, 1997 (Шаблон:ISBN).
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad System Time Tables, April 30, 1961.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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