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- Mercury was the name used by the New York Central Railroad for a family of daytime streamliner passenger trains operating between midwestern cities. The Mercury train sets were designed by the noted industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss, and are considered a prime example of Streamline Moderne design. The success of the Mercury led to Dreyfuss getting the commission for the 1938 redesign of the NYC's flagship, the 20th Century Limited, one of the most famous trains in the United States of America. The first Mercury, operating on a daily roundtrip between Cleveland and Detroit, was introduced on July 15, 1936. The Chicago Mercury, between Chicago and Detroit, and the Cincinnati Mercury, between Cincinnati and Detroit, followed. The Mercurys lasted until the 1950s, with the final survivor, the original Cleveland Mercury, making its last run on July 11, 1959. A fourth train, the James Whitcomb Riley between Chicago and Cincinnati, used the same design for its train sets and is considered part of the Mercury family, although it did not bear the Mercury name. The Riley debuted in 1941 and lasted into the Amtrak era, though no longer a streamliner. (en)
- 墨丘利号列车（英文原名：Mercury）是对纽约中央铁路公司一批运行在美国中西部地区的豪华旅客列车的统称，现已停运。墨丘利号列车由工业设计师主持设计，采用牵引，尾部设有流线型瞭望车。设计的墨丘利号列车和1938年版同时是美国历史上的经典旅客列车。“墨丘利号列车”的名字来源于罗马神话中为众神传递信息的使者——墨丘利，寓意是“像墨丘利一样快”。 墨丘利号列车在当时又被称为“明日火车”。 墨丘利号列车1936年7月15日首次上线运营，最初的线路为克利夫兰↔底特律。 后来又增加了运行在芝加哥↔底特律的“芝加哥墨丘利号列车”，和运行在辛辛那提↔底特律的“辛辛那提墨丘利号列车”。 最后停运的墨丘利号列车是1959年7月11日停运的“克利夫兰墨丘利号列车”。 墨丘利号列车因运行里程及时间均不长，全车只有豪华软座，没有卧铺。 同样运行在芝加哥↔辛辛那提间的在运营初期亦采用和墨丘利号列车相似的设计。于1941年上线运营至1968年属纽约中央铁路公司，1968年至1971年属賓州中央鐵路公司，1971年至1977年停运期间属美铁。但停运前夕已不采用牵引。 (zh)
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