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The 20th Century Limited was an express passenger train on the New York Central Railroad (NYC) from 1902 to 1967. The train traveled between Grand Central Terminal in New York City and LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois, along the railroad's "Water Level Route". NYC inaugurated the 20th Century Limited as competition to the Pennsylvania Railroad, aimed at upper-class and business travellers. It made few station stops along the way and used track pans to take water at speed. On June 15, 1938, streamlined train sets designed by Henry Dreyfuss were added to the route.

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  • Der 20th Century Limited war ein von 1902 bis 1967 durch die New York Central Railroad (NYC) betriebener luxuriöser Nacht-Reisezug zwischen New York (Grand Central Terminal) und Chicago (LaSalle Street Station). (de)
  • The 20th Century Limited was an express passenger train on the New York Central Railroad (NYC) from 1902 to 1967. The train traveled between Grand Central Terminal in New York City and LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois, along the railroad's "Water Level Route". NYC inaugurated the 20th Century Limited as competition to the Pennsylvania Railroad, aimed at upper-class and business travellers. It made few station stops along the way and used track pans to take water at speed. On June 15, 1938, streamlined train sets designed by Henry Dreyfuss were added to the route. The 20th Century Limited was the flagship train of the New York Central and was advertised as "The Most Famous Train in the World". It was described in The New York Times as having been "[...] known to railroad buffs for 65 years as the world's greatest train", and its style was described as "spectacularly understated". The phrase "red-carpet treatment" is derived from passengers' walking to the train on a specially-designed crimson carpet. (en)
  • La 20th Century Limited (20e siècle limitée) était un train express de passagers exploité par le New York Central Railroad (NYC) entre 1902 et 1967, période pendant laquelle il deviendrait connue comme une « institution nationale » et annoncé comme « le train le plus célèbre dans le monde ». En 1909, le train parcourt les 1 600 km entre New York et Chicago en 18 heures. En 1916, le train de luxe comprend un barbier, des bains (frais et avec sel de mer), des voituriers, des femmes de chambre, des manicuristes, des rapports de bourse, des lampes de lecture individuelle, des téléphones, des sténographes, le tout avec des voitures Pullman. Peu après la création de la lampe fluorescente, les voitures du 20th Century Limited étaient éclairés avec des lampes de ce type. En 1938, des locomotives à vapeur en forme de torpille (conçus par Henry Dreyfuss) tirent le train. La locomotive EMD E8 n° 4085 du New York Central Railroad a tracté le dernier 20th Century Limited en 1967. (fr)
  • 20世紀特急(にじっせいきとっきゅう、英語:20th Century Limited)は、ニューヨーク・セントラル鉄道のニューヨーク - シカゴ間の特急列車で、1902年に登場、1967年に廃止された。 (ja)
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  • The streamlined 20th Century Limited departing Chicago on a trial run in June 1938 (en)
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  • April 2022 (en)
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  • 1902-06-17 (xsd:date)
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  • Nightly (en)
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  • 1967-12-02 (xsd:date)
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  • this passage is totally opaque to a general reader. Both its grammar and its vocabulary. (en)
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  • Ceased (en)
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  • These traveled in as many as seven sections, (en)
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  • Der 20th Century Limited war ein von 1902 bis 1967 durch die New York Central Railroad (NYC) betriebener luxuriöser Nacht-Reisezug zwischen New York (Grand Central Terminal) und Chicago (LaSalle Street Station). (de)
  • 20世紀特急(にじっせいきとっきゅう、英語:20th Century Limited)は、ニューヨーク・セントラル鉄道のニューヨーク - シカゴ間の特急列車で、1902年に登場、1967年に廃止された。 (ja)
  • The 20th Century Limited was an express passenger train on the New York Central Railroad (NYC) from 1902 to 1967. The train traveled between Grand Central Terminal in New York City and LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois, along the railroad's "Water Level Route". NYC inaugurated the 20th Century Limited as competition to the Pennsylvania Railroad, aimed at upper-class and business travellers. It made few station stops along the way and used track pans to take water at speed. On June 15, 1938, streamlined train sets designed by Henry Dreyfuss were added to the route. (en)
  • La 20th Century Limited (20e siècle limitée) était un train express de passagers exploité par le New York Central Railroad (NYC) entre 1902 et 1967, période pendant laquelle il deviendrait connue comme une « institution nationale » et annoncé comme « le train le plus célèbre dans le monde ». Peu après la création de la lampe fluorescente, les voitures du 20th Century Limited étaient éclairés avec des lampes de ce type. En 1938, des locomotives à vapeur en forme de torpille (conçus par Henry Dreyfuss) tirent le train. (fr)
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  • 20th Century Limited (de)
  • 20th Century Limited (en)
  • 20th Century Limited (fr)
  • 20世紀特急 (ja)
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