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".
The streamlined 20th Century Limited departing Chicago on a trial run in June 1938
Early 1900s version of the 20th Century Limited
"The Most Famous Train In The World" (1912 NYC ad)
20th Century Limited pulled by Hudson #5344 Commodore Vanderbilt departing Chicago's LaSalle Street Station, 1935
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midwest, along with the intermediate cities of Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Rochester and Syracuse. New York Central was headquartered in New York City's New York Central Building, adjacent to its largest station, Grand Central Terminal.
The main concourse of Grand Central Terminal in New York City
The former headquarters of the New York Central Railroad on Park Avenue, known today as the Helmsley Building
Bond of the New York Central Railroad Company, issued August 1, 1853 and signed by Erastus Corning
A New York Central Railroad train on the High Line through the Bell Laboratories Building in 1936
