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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:

A - Auto loading/unloading facilities (as freight)

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

Here you will find the General in the final months of its career. With negotiations for the proposed (and ultimately disastrous) merger with the New York Central well under way, by the end of the year Pennsy would decide that having two premium passenger trains operating within one to two hours of each other to the same destinations was one too many. The surviving train would retain the name of the Broadway Limited, but in all other particulars such as schedule, consist, and even the train numbers (48 and 49) it would look a whole lot more like the General.

From the pages of the Official Guide, June 1967

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The General

Pennsylvania Railroad
April 30, 1967

49 Train Number 48
Daily Miles Services Daily
5 05P Dp 0.0 New York, NY (Penna. Sta.) (ET) C R Ar 8 55A
R 5 21P 10.0 Newark, NJ C R D 8 39A
R 6 06P 58.1 Trenton, NJ C R D 7 52A
R 6 34P 85.9 North Philadelphia, PA C D 7 20A
7 01P 111.4 Paoli, PA C D 6 48A
7 47P 159.3 Lancaster, PA C R 6 03A
8 18P Ar 194.6 Harrisburg, PA C R Dp 5 30A
154-549 Washington Section 548
5 00P Dp 0.0 Washington, DC C R Ar 9 15A
5 45P Ar 40.1 Baltimore, MD C R Dp 8 25A
6 00P Dp Ar 8 10A
7 35P 96.3 York, PA C R 6 30A
8 20P Ar 123.4 Harrisburg, PA C R Dp 5 40A
49 Continuing Train Number 48
8 36P Dp 194.6 Harrisburg, PA C R Ar 5 05A
10 51P 325.4 Altoona, PA C R 2 45A
11 56P 362.9 Johnstown, PA C R
1 22A 439.3 Pittsburgh, PA C R 12 11A
522.3 Alliance, OH C 10 41P
3 18A 541.0 Canton, OH C R 10 18P
4 31A 614.6 Mansfield, OH C R 9 04P
4 51A 628.1 Crestline, OH C 8 41P
6 01A 700.2 Lima, OH C R 7 29P
6 58A 759.7 Fort Wayne, OH C R 6 36P
7 35A 799.0 Warsaw, IN (ET) C
6 59A 823.9 Plymouth, IN (CT) C 4 43P
7 38A 864.1 Valparaiso, IN C
D 8 03A 882.7 Gary, IN C R 3 51P
D 8 29A 900.7 Chicago, IL (Englewood Sta.) C R R 3 28P
8 45A Ar 907.7 Chicago, IL (Union Sta.) (CT) C R Dp 3 15P

Train 49: 19 stops, 16:40, 54.5 MPHTrain 154-549-49: 16 stops, 16:45, 49.9 MPH

Train 48: 17 stops, 16:40, 54.5 MPHTrain 48-548: 14 stops, 17:00, 49.2 MPH

Note: Train 549 originates in Baltimore, MD; Washington cars operate from Washington to Baltimore in Train 154 (The Embassy) Sunday-Friday and in Train 162 departing Washington 4:30 p.m. and arriving Baltimore 5:15 p.m. on Saturdays.

Note (on Baltimore/Harrisburg section page): Limited checked baggage service available. Ask ticket agents.

NOTE: The schedules in this time-table conform with the Uniform Time Act of 1966 which provides that the standard time of each time zone shall be advanced one hour from the last Sunday in April until the last Sunday in October each year. Arrival and departure times for states which are exempted by state law are one hour earlier than the times shown in this time-table. (Which is another fancy way of saying, "All times shown are Daylight Savings Time.")

SLEEPING, PARLOR, DINING CARS AND COACHES - WESTWARD
Regularly assigned cars are Air-Conditioned.

No. 49 - THE GENERAL.

Lounge Car (Bar)...New York to Chicago - (6 Double Bedrooms).

Sleeping Cars...New York to Chicago - (10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms). (Two Cars.)

   Washington to Chicago - (10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms).

Dining Car...New York to Chicago.

Snack Bar Coach...Washington to Harrisburg - (Hot-Cold Food and Beverages).

Reclining Seat Coaches...New York to Chicago. (All Seats Reserved - Coach Attendant Service.)

   Washington to Chicago. (All Seats Reserved - Coach Attendant Service.)

(For Special Service Charge in Reserved Seat Coaches, see Note A.)

Lounge Coach (Bar)...New York to Chicago.


Coaches on all trains, except No. 29.

SLEEPING, PARLOR, DINING CARS AND COACHES - EASTWARD
Regularly assigned cars are Air-Conditioned.

No. 48 - THE GENERAL.

Lounge Car (Bar)...Chicago to New York - (6 Double Bedrooms).

Sleeping Cars...Chicago to New York - (10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms). (Two Cars.)

   Chicago to Washington - (10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms).

   Pittsburgh to New York - (10 Roomettes, 6 Double Bedrooms). (Except Saturdays and May 28, 29, July 2, 3 and September 3.) (In No. 22 Pittsburgh to Harrisburg.)

Dining Car...Chicago to New York.

Snack Bar Coach...Harrisburg to Washington - (Hot-Cold Food and Beverages).

Reclining Seat Coaches...Chicago to New York. (All Seats Reserved - Coach Attendant Service.)

   Chicago to Washington. (All Seats Reserved - Coach Attendant Service.)

(For Special Service Charge in Reserved Seat Coaches, see Note A.)

Lounge Coach (Bar)...Chicago to New York.


Coaches on all trains, except No. 28.

Note A - The special service charge is $1.10 for all distances over approximately 360 miles, and 55c. locally on the Pennsylvania Railroad, for all distances to and including approximately 360 miles, for each seat whether it be occupied by adult or child of any age.

Fare table available in the Ticket Office.