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NEW YORK CENTRAL Railroad \"THE 20th CENTURY LIMITED\" Passenger Name-Train Herald For Sale
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NEW YORK CENTRAL Railroad \"THE 20th CENTURY LIMITED\" Passenger Name-Train Herald:
$16.95
NEW YORK CENTRAL Railroad\"THE 20th CENTURY LIMITED\" Name-Train Signal Signs Herald
SIZE: 9\" high by 12\" wide
This herald represents the lighted drum-head on the back of the Observation passenger car on the NYC\'s famous passenger era of the name-trains (1920\'s-1950\'s);\"THE 20th CENTURY LIMITED\"
This wall plaque was designed by the company, Hobby Craft Specialties, that procured the original creation of these heralds referred to as their \"Name Train\" Series more than 25 years ago. A very few well-stored heralds were recently found bythe founder of Carolina Hobby Craft, Inc. with Hobby Craft Specialties as a brand name supplierto the model railroad industry. The intent was to relive the days when passenger trains werethe primary mode of passenger travel in the United States as well as many other countries.Now is your chance to grab a bit of a nostalgic era long gone, including the production ofthese exact colorful and intricate \"Name Train\" wall plaques!
BACKGROUND HISTORY:
The20th Century Limited was an express passenger train on theNew York Central Railroad(NYC) from 1902 toDecember 3, 1967. The train traveled between Grand Central Terminal in New York City and LaSalle Street Stationin Chicago, Illinois, along the railroad\'s\"Water Level Route.\"
NYC inauguratedThe20th Century Limitedas competition to thePennsylvania Railroad, aimed at upper-class andbusiness travelers. It made few station stops along the way and used track pans to intake water at high speed. In 1938,passenger streamlined train sets designed by Henry Dreyfuss were added to the route.The20th Century Limitedwas 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 asthe word\'s greatest train,\" and its style was described as \"spectacularly understated.\" The phrase \"red-carpettreatment\" is derived from passengers\' walking to the train on a specially-designed crimson carpet.
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