Time:
A - A.M.
D - Train stops only to discharge passengers
F - Conditional (Flag) stop
M - Meal 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 - Food service available
P - Telephone station
R - Rental cars available
T - Telegraph station
X - Checked baggage NOT handled
| 1 | Train Number | 2 | ||||
| Daily | Miles | Services | Daily | |||
| 1 35P | Dp | 0.0 | New York, NY (Liberty St. Ferry Sta.) (ET) | C R | Ar | 12 39P |
| 1 50P | 1.0 | Jersey City Terminal, NJ | C R | 12 26P | ||
| R 2 06P | 12.5 | Elizabeth, NJ | C R | D12 10P | ||
| R 2 20P | 24.0 | Plainfield, NJ | C | F11 56A | ||
| 3 19P | 84.1 | Wayne Junction, PA | T C | 10 57A | ||
| 3 34P | Ar | 91.9 | Philadelphia, PA (Chestnut St.) | R | 10 41A | |
| 3 36P | Dp | |||||
| 103.8 | Chester, PA | 10 22A | ||||
| 4 06P | 116.9 | Wilmington, DE | 10 06A | |||
| 129.1 | Newark, DE | 9 52A | ||||
| 5 21P | 186.3 | Baltimore, MD (Mt. Royal Sta.) | C R | 8 50A | ||
| 5 26P | Ar | 187.8 | Baltimore, MD (Camden Sta.) | C R | Dp | 8 44A |
| 5 28P | Dp | Ar | 8 42A | |||
| 6 13P | Ar | 224.6 | Washington, DC (Union Station) | C R | Dp | 8 00A |
| 6 30P | Dp | Ar | 7 40A | |||
| 6 44P | 231.5 | Silver Spring, MD | 7 22A | |||
| 8 04P | 298.0 | Martinsburg, WV | T C | 6 00A | ||
| 9 50P | 212.7 | Keyser, WV | T C | 4 10A | ||
| 10 50P | 243.3 | Oakland, MD | T C | |||
| 12 16A | Ar | 290.8 | Grafton, WV | T C | Dp | 1 42A |
| Through Sleeper Columbus-Washington | ||||||
| Connecting Train Number | 44 | |||||
| 0.0 | Grafton, WV | Ar | 1 15A | |||
| 99.8 | Wheeling, WV | Dp | 9 55P | |||
| Connecting Train Number | 38 | |||||
| 99.8 | Wheeling, WV | Ar | 9 40P | |||
| 241.8 | Columbus, OH (ET) | Dp | 5 33P | |||
| 12 21A | Dp | 290.8 | Grafton, WV | T C | Ar | 1 32A |
| 12 58A | 313.5 | Clarksburg, WV | C | 12 45A | ||
| 3 05A | Ar | 394.2 | Parkersburg, WV (6th St.) | T C | Dp | 10 34P |
| 3 08A | Dp | Ar | 10 31P | |||
| 3 53A | 431.2 | Athens, OH | C | 9 38P | ||
| 461.9 | Hamden, OH | T C | F 8 56P | |||
| 5 03A | Ar | 491.5 | Chillicothe, OH | T C | Dp | 8 19P |
| 5 08A | Dp | Ar | 8 12P | |||
| 515.4 | Greenfield, OH | T C | 7 44P | |||
| 6 51A | 577.6 | Oakley, OH | C | 6 25P | ||
| 7 00A | 582.8 | Winton Place, OH | C | 6 14P | ||
| 7 15A | Ar | 587.4 | Cincinnati, OH (New Union Sta.) | C R | Dp | 6 05P |
| Through Sleeper Louisville-New York | ||||||
| 57 | Connecting Train Number | 50 | ||||
| 7 30A | Dp | 0.0 | Cincinnati, OH | |||
| 8 26A | 71.3 | North Vernon, IN (CT) | Ar | 2 50P | ||
| 9 50A | Ar | 128.9 | Louisville, KY (CT) | Dp | 1 35P | |
| 7 25A | Dp | 587.4 | Cincinnati, OH (New Union Sta.) (ET) | C R | Ar | 5 50P |
| D 6 56A | 608.6 | Lawrenceburg, IN (CT) | C | R 4 15P | ||
| 7 56A | Ar | 658.7 | North Vernon, IN | T C | Dp | 3 10P |
| 8 00A | Dp | Ar | 3 02P | |||
| 8 17A | 673.7 | Seymour, IN | T C | 2 44P | ||
| 9 05A | 712.9 | Mitchell, IN | T C | 1 56P | ||
| 9 55A | 756.1 | Washington, IN | T C | 1 00P | ||
| 10 20A | 775.0 | Vincennes, IN | T C | 12 26P | ||
| 784.9 | Lawrenceville, IL | T C | F12 10P | |||
| 806.7 | Olney, IL | T C | F11 43A | |||
| 829.0 | Flora, IL | T C | F11 20A | |||
| 854.2 | Salem, IL | T C | F10 55A | |||
| F12 55P | 922.2 | East St. Louis, IL | T C | 9 43A | ||
| 1 12P | Ar | 925.5 | St. Louis, MO (CT) | C R | Dp | 9 30A |
Sleeping Cars...New York to St. Louis - 10-Section, 2 Compartments, 1-Drawing-room.
New York to Louisville - 12-Section, 1-Drawing-room (57 from Cincinnati).
Washington to Cincinnati - 14-Section (Open until 8:00 a.m.).
Washington to St. Louis - 8-Section, 4 Double Bedrooms.
Washington to St. Louis - 12-Section, 1-Drawing-room.
Sun-room-Observation-Lounge Car...Washington to St. Louis - 3-Compartments, 1-Drawing-room. (Buffet.) (Radio.)
Dining Car...New York to St. Louis.
Buffet-Coach-Lounge Car...New York to St. Louis. (Radio.)
Reclining Seat Coach...New
York to St. Louis (with Women's Lounge).
(Seats reserved free
for through passengers, and in advance, if desired.)
Sleeping Cars...St. Louis to New York - 10-Section, 2 Compartments, 1-Drawing-room.
St. Louis to Washington - 8-Section, 4 Double Bedrooms.
St. Louis to Washington - 12-Section, 1-Drawing-room.
Louisville to New York - 12-Section, 1-Drawing-room (50 to No. Vernon).
Cincinnati to Washington - 14-Section.
Columbus to Washington - 12-Section, 1-Drawing-room (No. 38 to Wheeling - No. 44 to Grafton).
Sun-room-Observation-Lounge Car...St. Louis to Washington - 3-Compartments, 1-Drawing-room. (Buffet.) (Radio.)
Dining Car...St. Louis to New York.
Buffet-Coach-Lounge Car...St. Louis to New York. (Radio.)
Reclining Seat Coach...St.
Louis to New York (with Women's Lounge).
(Seats reserved free
for through passengers, and in advance, if desired.)
The National Limited, along with the Capitol Limited and the Royal Blue, was one of three streamliners introduced by the Baltimore & Ohio in the late 1930s featuring Diesel power and rebuilt heavyweight cars modernized under the direction of industrial designer Otto Kuhler.