| 5 | Train Number | 6 | ||||
| Daily | Miles | Services | Daily | |||
| 12 45P | Dp | 0.0 | New York, NY (Liberty St. Ferry Sta.) (ET) | C R | Ar | 1 30P |
| 12 58P | Dp | 1.0 | Jersey City Terminal, NJ | C R | Ar | 1 17P |
| F 1 14P | 12.5 | Elizabeth, NJ | C R | D 1 01P | ||
| R 1 28P | 24.0 | Plainfield, NJ | C | D12 47P | ||
| 2 27P | 84.1 | Wayne Junction, PA | T C | 11 49A | ||
| 2 42P | Ar | 91.9 | Philadelphia, PA (Chestnut St.) | R | Dp | 11 33A |
| 2 43P | Dp | Ar | 11 31A | |||
| 2 59P | 103.8 | Chester, PA | ||||
| 3 14P | 116.9 | Wilmington, DE | 11 01A | |||
| F 3 29P | 129.1 | Newark, DE | ||||
| 4 33P | 186.3 | Baltimore, MD (Mt. Royal Sta.) | C R | 9 48A | ||
| 4 38P | Ar | 187.8 | Baltimore, MD (Camden Sta.) | C R | Dp | 9 42A |
| 4 40P | Dp | Ar | 9 40A | |||
| 5 25P | Ar | 224.6 | Washington, DC (Union Station) | C R | Dp | 9 00A |
| 5 45P | Dp | Ar | 8 40A | |||
| 5 59P | 231.5 | Silver Spring, MD | 8 22A | |||
| F 7 16P | 298.0 | Martinsburg, WV | T C | F 7 04A | ||
| F 8 49P | 375.7 | Cumberland, MD | T C | Dp | 5 35A | |
| Ar | 5 30A | |||||
| F11 09P | 467.9 | Connellsville, PA | T C | |||
| 511.0 | McKeesport, PA | T C | 2 22A | |||
| 12 25A | Ar | 525.8 | Pittsburgh, PA (P.&L.E. Station) | C R | Dp | 1 56A |
| 12 35A | Dp | Ar | 1 54A | |||
| 591.3 | Youngstown, OH | C R | 12 26A | |||
| 644.5 | Akron, OH (Union Sta.) | T C R | 11 29P | |||
| 719.0 | Willard, OH | T C | Dp | 10 07P | ||
| Ar | 10 02P | |||||
| 743.2 | Tiffin, OH | T C | 9 33P | |||
| 755.7 | Fostoria, OH | T C | 9 17P | |||
| 6 33A | Ar | 846.9 | Garrett, IN (ET) | T C | Dp | 7 46P |
| 5 35A | Dp | Garrett, IN (CT) | Ar | 6 44P | ||
| 908.7 | La Paz, IN | F 5 42P | ||||
| D 7 28A | 963.9 | Gary, IN | T C | F 4 49P | ||
| 7 43A | 978.0 | South Chicago, IL | C | 4 31P | ||
| 8 05A | 987.7 | Chicago, IL (Sixty-third St. Sta.) | C | 4 13P | ||
| 8 30A | Ar | 997.2 | Chicago, IL (Grand Central Sta.) (CT) | C R | Dp | 3 50P |
Lounge Car...New York to Washington. (Buffet.)
Washington to Chicago—8 Section. (Buffet.)
Sleeping Cars...New York to Chicago—8 Section, 5 Double Bedrooms.
New York to Chicago—12 Section, 1 Drawing-room.
Washington to Chicago—10 Roomettes, 5 Double Bedrooms.
Washington to Chicago—8 Section, 2 Compartments, 1 Drawing-room.
Washington to Chicago—14 Section.
Washington to Chicago—8 Section, 5 Double Bedrooms (2).
Pittsburgh to Chicago—8 Section, 4 Double Bedrooms (open 9:00 p.m.)
Sun-room-Observation-Lounge Car...Washington to Chicago—3 Compartments, 1 Drawing-room. (Buffet.) (Radio.)
Dining Car....New York to Washington. Washington to Chicago.
Buffet-Coach-Lounge Car...Washington to Chicago. (Radio.)
Reclining
Seat Coaches...New York to Chicago and Washington to Chicago (with
Women's Lounge).
(Seats reserved
free for through passengers, and in advance, if desired.)
Lounge Car...Chicago to Washington—8 Section. (Buffet.)
Washington to New York. (Buffet.)
Sleeping Cars...Chicago to New York—8 Section, 5 Double Bedrooms.
Chicago to Washington—10 Roomettes, 5 Double Bedrooms.
Chicago to Washington—8 Section, 2 Compartments, 1 Drawing-room.
Chicago to New York—12 Section, 1 Drawing-room.
Chicago to Washington—14 Section.
Chicago to Washington—8 Section, 5 Double Bedrooms (2).
Sun-room-Observation-Lounge Car...Chicago to Washington—3 Compartments, 1 Drawing-room. (Buffet.) (Radio.)
Dining Cars....Chicago to Washington.
Washington to New York.
Buffet-Coach-Lounge Car...Chicago to Washington. (Radio.)
Reclining
Seat Coach...Chicago to Washington (with Women's Lounge).
(Seats
reserved free for through passengers,
and in advance, if desired.)
Chicago
to New York (with Women's Lounge).
(Seats
reserved free for through passengers, and in advance, if desired.)
Time:
A - A.M.
D - Train stops only to discharge passengers
F - Conditional (Flag) stop
N - Not a passenger stop
P - P.M.
R - Train stops only to receive passengers
Services:
B - Checked baggage is handled
C - Coupon station (Ticket office)
M - Meal stop
P - Telephone station
R - Rental cars available
T - Telegraph station
X - Checked baggage NOT handled
The pre-World War II period found the Baltimore and Ohio in heated competition with the Pennsylvania and the New York Central for passenger traffic from the major East Coast points to Chicago. While the B. & O.'s longer route from New York and Philadelphia put it at a competitive disadvantage from those cities, from Baltimore and Washington it possessed the most direct route and it pressed that edge for all it was worth.
While the Pennsylvania and the New York Central were upgrading their flagship trains the B. & O. was not idle. But where the competition was choosing to re-equip with modern, lightweight all-room equipment, the B. & O. turned to the tried-and-true heavyweight passenger car. Under the direction of industrial designer Otto Kuhler, the railroad upgraded and modernized dozens of older passenger cars in a streamlined style, placing them into service on the company's crack trains—the foremost of which was the Capitol Limited.