The year 1967 was not kind to premium passenger trains. In the last few months of that year, the last two all-Pullman trains in the United States—the Pennsylvania's Broadway and the Illinois Central's Panama Limited—would submit to the inevitable and add coaches to their consists. While I.C. would market its coach additions separately as the Magnolia Star to preserve the fiction that the Panama itself remained all-Pullman, the Pennsy would consolidate the Broadway Limited with its secondary train, the General. By year's end, there would remain only one all-Pullman train in North America—El Tapatio, operated between Mexico City and Guadalajara by the National Railways of Mexico.


From the pages of the Official Guide, June 1967

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The Broadway Limited

Pennsylvania Railroad
April 30, 1967

29 Train Number 28
Daily Miles Services Daily
6 00P Dp 0.0 New York, NY (Penna. Sta.) (ET) C R  Ar 9 30A
R 6 15P 10.0 Newark, NJ C R D 9 15A
R 7 21P 85.9 North Philadelphia, PA D 8 03A
R 7 53P 111.4 Paoli, PA C D 7 36A
R 9 08P 194.6 Harrisburg, PA C R  D 6 19A
R11 31P 325.4 Altoona, PA C R  4 03A
2 02A 439.3 Pittsburgh, PA C R 1 34A
D 5 33A 628.1 Crestline, OH C 10 12P
D 7 31A 759.7 Fort Wayne, IN (ET) C R  8 15P
D 8 45A 900.7 Chicago, IL (Englewood Sta.) (CT) C R R 5 13P
9 00A Ar 907.7 Chicago, IL (Union Sta.) (CT) C R  Dp 5 00P

Train 29 (New York-Chicago): 9 stops, 16:00, 56.7 MPHTrain 28 (New York-Chicago): 9 stops, 15:30, 58.6 MPH


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. 29—BROADWAY LIMITED.
All Private Room Train.
(Except May 28 [1967].)

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

New York to Chicago—(4 Compartments, 2 Drawing-rooms, 4 Double Bedrooms.)

New York to Chicago—(12 Duplex Rooms, 4 Double Bedrooms).

New York to Chicago—(11 Double Bedrooms). (Operates even dates in June, July, September and October; odd dates in August, November and December [1967].)

Observation Car (Bar Lounge)...New York to Chicago—(2 Master Rooms, Double Bedrooms).

Dining Car...New York to Chicago.


No Coaches or checked baggage 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. 28—BROADWAY LIMITED.
All Private Room Train.
(Except May 28 [1967].)


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

Chicago to New York—(4 Compartments, 2 Drawing-rooms, 4 Double Bedrooms.)

Chicago to New York—(12 Duplex Rooms, 4 Double Bedrooms).

Chicago to New York—(11 Double Bedrooms). (Operates odd dates in June, July, September and October; even dates in August, November and December [1967].)

Observation Car (Bar Lounge)...Chicago to New York—(2 Master Rooms, Double Bedroom.)

Dining Car...Chicago to New York.


No Coaches or checked baggage Chicago to New York.

Coaches on all trains, except No. 28.

Fare table available in the Ticket Office.


In the twilight of its career as an all-Pullman train, the Broadway remained a first-class operation. In an era of speed reductions and schedule padding, it continued to make its westbound run in 16 hours and eastbound in a scheduled 15½. The observation car still featured the oversize master rooms with shower baths. No, it could not last and in fact it would not last the end of the year. But while it lasted, it would continue to be one of the classiest acts on the rails.

As mentioned above, by year's end the Broadway would be consolidated with the P.R.R.'s General. The surviving train would retain the Broadway Limited name but, like a retiring baseball star, the train's numbers—the famed Nos. 28 and 29—would be withdrawn from service, never to be used again by the Pennsy. The surviving remnants of the Broadway Limited would operate under the numbers 48 and 49 previously used by the General