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
Shenandoah (B&O train) The "Shenandoah" operated to New York City via Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, until April 26, 1958, when the B&O discontinued passenger service north of Baltimore. As passenger patronage on American railroads continued to decline in the 1960s, the combination sleeper-dome and dining cars were dropped, and were renamed the "Diplomat" in 1964 and then dropped altogether in 1967. Amtrak revived the name in the 1970s for the short-lived "Shenandoah", a Washington—Cincinnati train. In 1961, westbound "Shenandoah" Train # 7 operated on the following schedule (departure times at principal stops shown): Shenandoah (B&O train) The Shenandoah was an American named passenger train of