Quick question for the historians out there. HBO's popular show, Westworld, features an 1800's passenger train that is prominently labeled (and referred to) as "Black Ridge Limited". Granted that this is a fictitious world, but this seems an odd naming convention. Did any railroads (perhaps short lines) call themselves "Limited" in their name? As far as I know, "limited" refers to a scheduled (perhaps name) train, such as the Broadway Limited, but not the railroad. And such scheduled trains may have a sign on it (such as one appended to the observation car) but not stenciled down the sides of each of the cars in gold leaf. Or am I mistaken?
B&O put "Capitol Limited" and "National Limited" on the letterboards of several cars that were normally assigned to those trains. I'm sure there were other roads that also did it. The word "Limited" generally means an expedited fast train with limited stops, and has nothing to do with the name of the operating railroad. If you are looking for accurate historical information, it is usually wise to ignore any info you get from Hollywood.
Tom
And now a word about an odd prototype name right here on Earth. In the USA, at that.
Some months before Orville and Wilbur got their powered box kite off the ground a company began operation under the name Seaboard Air Line. Decades later the name would seem to indicate a completely different kind of transportation - an idea that didn't even exist when the company was formed. SAL and ACL merged in 1967 to form the Seaboard Coast Line.
Now, imagine a bunch of US Army Transportation Corps folks mustered out at the end of WWII. Mindful of the coming needs of the country they scrape together all the money they can find, buy a bunch of gently used Deuce-and-a-halfs and set up a trucking business. Brainstorming around a table in 1946, they come up with what they feel will be a unique and unmistakeable business name:
INTERNET The truck route to everywhere.
Chuck (Occasional SF author modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)