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Capitol Limited (Amtrak train)

Index Capitol Limited (Amtrak train)

The Capitol Limited is one of two Amtrak trains connecting Washington, D.C., to Chicago, running via Pittsburgh and Cleveland (the other is the Cardinal via Cincinnati and Indianapolis). [1]

78 relations: Airline meal, Alliance, Ohio, Amfleet, Amtrak, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Broadway Limited, Canton, Ohio, Capitol Limited (B&O train), Cardinal (train), Chicago, Chicago Union Station, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Cleveland Line (Norfolk Southern), Conrail, Crestline, Ohio, CSX Transportation, Cumberland Subdivision, Cumberland Terminal Subdivision, Dining car, Fiscal year, Fort Wayne Line, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, GE Genesis, Heritage Fleet, Hudson, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Indianapolis, Inter-city rail, Keystone Subdivision, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, Lima, Ohio, Magnolia, West Virginia, MARC Train, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Subdivision, Miami, Monongahela River, National Limited, Norfolk Southern Railway, Northeast Corridor, P&W Subdivision, PATrain, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pennsylvanian (train), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Line, ..., Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh Subdivision, Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, Port Authority of Allegheny County, Potomac River, Rail trail, Shenandoah (Amtrak train), Silver Spring, Maryland, Silver Star (Amtrak train), Sleeping car, Southwest Chief, Superliner (railcar), Surface Transportation Board, The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), Three Rivers (train), Toledo, Ohio, Train, Trains (magazine), United States, United States dollar, Valparaiso, Indiana, Viewliner, Warsaw, Indiana, Washington Union Station, Washington, D.C., Waterloo, Indiana, Youghiogheny River, 1996 Maryland train collision. Expand index (28 more) »

Airline meal

An airline meal, airline food, plane food or in-flight meal is a meal served to passengers on board a commercial airliner.

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Alliance, Ohio

Alliance is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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Amfleet

Amfleet is a fleet of single-level intercity railroad passenger cars built by the Budd Company for American company Amtrak in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a passenger railroad service that provides medium- and long-distance intercity service in the contiguous United States and to three Canadian cities.

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830.

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Broadway Limited

The Broadway Limited was a passenger train operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) between New York City and Chicago.

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Canton, Ohio

Canton is a city in and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio, United States.

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Capitol Limited (B&O train)

The Capitol Limited was an American passenger train run by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, originally between New York City and Grand Central Station in Chicago, Illinois, via Union Station, Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh.

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Cardinal (train)

The Cardinal is a thrice-weekly long distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between New York Penn Station (temporarily from Washington Union Station since March 29, 2018) and Chicago Union Station, with major intermediate stops at Philadelphia (temporarily suspended), Washington, D.C., Charlottesville, Charleston, Huntington, Cincinnati, and Indianapolis.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago Union Station

Chicago Union Station is a major railroad station that opened in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, replacing an earlier station built in 1881.

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Cincinnati

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Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

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Cleveland Line (Norfolk Southern)

The Cleveland Line is a railroad line owned and operated by Norfolk Southern Railway (NS), in the U.S. states of Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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Conrail

Conrail, the Consolidated Rail Corporation,, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999, when its routes were split between the CSX Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway.

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Crestline, Ohio

Crestline is a village in Crawford and Richland Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation is a Class I railroad operating in the eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

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Cumberland Subdivision

The Cumberland Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Maryland and West Virginia.

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Cumberland Terminal Subdivision

The Cumberland Terminal Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the Cumberland, Maryland area.

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Dining car

A dining car (American English) or a restaurant car (British English), also a diner, is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant.

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Fiscal year

A fiscal year (or financial year, or sometimes budget year) is the period used by governments for accounting and budget purposes, which vary between countries.

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Fort Wayne Line

The Fort Wayne Line and Fort Wayne Secondary is a rail line owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS), Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad (CFE), and CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. The line runs from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania west via Fort Wayne, Indiana to Gary, Indiana along what was once the Pennsylvania Railroad's Pittsburgh to Chicago Main Line. From downtown Pittsburgh, at the west end of the Pittsburgh Line, west to the junction with CSX's Greenwich Subdivision at Crestline, Ohio, NS owns the line. Major junctions include the Conemaugh Line in northern Pittsburgh, the Cleveland Line at Rochester, Pennsylvania, the Youngstown Line at New Brighton, Pennsylvania, the Lordstown Secondary east of Alliance, Ohio, and the Cleveland Line again at Alliance. From Crestline west to Adams junction in Allen County, Indiana (Fort Wayne Line) and beyond to the Gary, Indiana neighborhood of Tolleston (Fort Wayne Secondary), the line is owned by CSX. Since 2004 this section has been leased to and operated by RailAmerica's Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad (CFE), with NS retaining trackage rights. The final piece, from CSX's Porter Subdivision at Tolleston northwest to NS's Chicago Line, the former LS&MS in far northwestern Gary, Indiana at Buffington, is owned by CSX with NS trackage rights, junctioning CSX's Barr Subdivision at Clarke Junction (also in northwestern Gary). Amtrak's Capitol Limited operates over the line east of Alliance (OH).

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Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Allen County, United States.

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Gary, Indiana

Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States, from downtown Chicago, Illinois.

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GE Genesis

General Electric Genesis (officially trademarked GENESIS) is a series of passenger diesel locomotives produced by GE Transportation, a subsidiary of General Electric.

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Heritage Fleet

Amtrak's Heritage Fleet consisted of the rolling stock provided to it when it assumed passenger service on commercial railroads.

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Hudson, Ohio

Hudson is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.

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Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.

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Inter-city rail

Inter-city rail services are express passenger train services that cover longer distances than commuter or regional trains.

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Keystone Subdivision

The Keystone Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Maryland and Pennsylvania.

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Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway

The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, established in 1833 and sometimes referred to as the Lake Shore, was a major part of the New York Central Railroad's Water Level Route from Buffalo, New York, to Chicago, Illinois, primarily along the south shore of Lake Erie (in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio) and across northern Indiana.

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Lima, Ohio

Lima is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Ohio, United States.

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Magnolia, West Virginia

Magnolia is an unincorporated community northeast of Paw Paw in Morgan County in the U.S. state of West Virginia on the Potomac River.

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MARC Train

MARC (Maryland Area Regional Commuter) Train Service, known prior to 1984 as Maryland Rail Commuter, is a commuter rail system comprising three lines in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area.

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McKeesport, Pennsylvania

McKeesport is a city in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania; it is situated at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers and is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

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Metropolitan Subdivision

The Metropolitan Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the District of Columbia and the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Miami

Miami is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of south Florida in the southeastern United States.

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Monongahela River

The Monongahela River — often referred to locally as the Mon — is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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National Limited

The National Limited was the premier train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) on its route between New York City and St. Louis, Missouri, with major station stops in Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Norfolk Southern Railway

The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I railroad in the United States.

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Northeast Corridor

The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States.

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P&W Subdivision

The P&W Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation, the Allegheny Valley Railroad (AVR), and the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad (BPRR) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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PATrain

The PATrain, also known as the Mon Valley Commuter Rail, is a defunct commuter rail service formerly operated by the Port Authority of Allegheny County in the Monongahela Valley in the US state of Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad (or Pennsylvania Railroad Company and also known as the "Pennsy") was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvanian (train)

The Pennsylvanian is a daily daytime Amtrak train running between New York and Pittsburgh via Philadelphia.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County.

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Pittsburgh Line

The Pittsburgh Line is a rail line that is located in state of the Pennsylvania and it is owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway.

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Pittsburgh Press

The Pittsburgh Press (formerly known as The Pittsburg Press), published from 1884 to 1992, was a major afternoon daily newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US.

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Pittsburgh Subdivision

The Pittsburgh Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway

The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway was a major part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system, extending the PRR west from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, via Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Chicago, Illinois.

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Port Authority of Allegheny County

Port Authority of Allegheny County (also known as the Port Authority and formerly as Port Authority Transit (PAT) and PATransit) is the second-largest public transit agency in Pennsylvania and the 26th-largest in the United States.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is located within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands into the Chesapeake Bay.

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Rail trail

A rail trail is the conversion of a disused railway track into a multi-use path, typically for walking, cycling and sometimes horse riding and snowmobiling.

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Shenandoah (Amtrak train)

The Shenandoah was a daily passenger train operated by Amtrak between Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1976 to 1981.

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Silver Spring, Maryland

Silver Spring is a city located inside the Capital Beltway in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.

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Silver Star (Amtrak train)

The Silver Star is a passenger train route in the Silver Service brand operated by Amtrak, running from New York City south to Miami, Florida via the Northeast Corridor to Washington, D.C., then via Richmond, Virginia; Raleigh, North Carolina; Columbia, South Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; Jacksonville, Florida; Orlando, Florida; and Tampa, Florida.

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Sleeping car

The sleeping car or sleeper (often wagon-lit) is a railway passenger car that can accommodate all its passengers in beds of one kind or another, primarily for the purpose of making nighttime travel more restful.

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Southwest Chief

The Southwest Chief (formerly the Southwest Limited and Super Chief) is a higher-speed passenger train operated by Amtrak on a route through the Midwestern and Southwestern United States.

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Superliner (railcar)

The Superliner is a type of bilevel intercity railroad passenger car used by Amtrak, the national rail passenger carrier in the United States.

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Surface Transportation Board

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) of the United States is a federal, bipartisan, independent adjudicatory board.

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The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)

The Blade, also known as the Toledo Blade, is a daily newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, in the United States, first published on December 19, 1835.

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Three Rivers (train)

The Three Rivers was a daily Amtrak train running between New York City and Chicago, Illinois.

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Toledo, Ohio

Toledo is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States.

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Train

A train is a form of transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles that generally runs along a rail track to transport cargo or passengers.

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Trains (magazine)

Trains is a monthly US magazine dedicated to trains and railroads, and is one of the two flagship publications of Kalmbach Publishing.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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Valparaiso, Indiana

Valparaiso is a city and the county seat of Porter County, Indiana, United States.

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Viewliner

The Viewliner is a single-level car type used by Amtrak on most long-distance routes operating east of Chicago.

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Warsaw, Indiana

Warsaw is a city in and the county seat of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States.

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Washington Union Station

Washington Union Station is a major train station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Washington, D.C. Opened in 1907, it is Amtrak's headquarters and the railroad's second-busiest station with annual ridership of just under 5 million.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Waterloo, Indiana

Waterloo is a town in Grant and Smithfield townships, DeKalb County, Indiana, United States.

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Youghiogheny River

The Youghiogheny River, or the Yough for short, is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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1996 Maryland train collision

The 1996 Maryland train collision was an opposite-direction collision that occurred on February 16, 1996, when a MARC commuter train collided with Amtrak's Capitol Limited passenger train in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Limited_(Amtrak_train)

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