Тhe New 20th Century Limited” was a flagship express passenger train that operated from 1902 to 1967.
Design: The train’s streamlined design was developed by the renowned industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss and was introduced in 1938.
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What a beaut. With trains like that I can see why people wanted to spot them.
Absolutely an influence on the opening credits for Poirot
https://youtu.be/fvrj5E_elzg?si=b-FcYPEjWu5oMSFa
0:27
And now I’ve got Different Trains stuck in my head!
…From Chicago to New York…From Chicago to New York…From Chicago to New York…
[The Number Nine?](https://grim-fandango.fandom.com/wiki/Number_Nine_train)
*That’s our top-of-the line express train. It shoots straight to the Ninth Underworld, the Land of Eternal Rest, in four minutes instead of four years. But very few people qualify. Let’s take a look at your records.*
It’s so muscular.
We used to believe in a beautiful future.
Van Halen!
By comparison, the closest current train, the Lake Shore Limited, apparently does it in 19.5 hours.
Makes Amtrak look cheap! (Albeit with far better service.)
Wikipedia says a ticket in the 20s could easily run north of $40, or ~$750 today.
I don’t know why, but my head compares this to the cannonball run record which was 25 hours and 39 minutes, but didn’t stop and Chicago and went to LA.
It just seems really obvious to me that if we *as a society* decided to have a high-speed land route (probably rail) from NYC to LA, we could go as fast as the hooligans have already proven is physically possible. The fact that we can’t manage this option due to expense or rent-seeking or whatever… it’s upsetting.