Capitol Limited (B&O train) from Pennsylvania Station in New York City to Chicago, via Washington, D.C. Once west of the Pennsy's Newark station in New Jersey, the train used the Lehigh Valley and Reading Railroad as far as Philadelphia, where it reached B&O's own rails to Chicago. It was designed to compete against the luxury trains of the rival Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central Railroad. Although the B&O's longer route put it at a competitive disadvantage in New York for time-sensitive travelers, the B&O offered such luxuries in the 1920s as onboard secretaries, barbers, manicures, and valets. The "Capitol's" "Martha Washington"-series dining cars
Reading, Pennsylvania to the Brewer suburb of Mount Judge, equivalent to Mount Penn, east of Reading. Filmmakers Gary Adelstein, Costa Mantis, and Jerry Orr created "Reading 1974: Portrait of a City"; relying heavily on montage; the film is a cultural time capsule. The play "Sweat" by Lynn Nottage is set in Reading. The movie "" features Reading as the home of rival team, the Reading Wolf Dogs. Reading, Pennsylvania Reading ( ; Pennsylvania German: "Reddin") is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 87,575, it is the fifth-largest city in Pennsylvania. Located