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[quote user="dakotafred"] [quote user="schlimm"] The original 1971 Amtrak routes included the Broadway Ltd. and National Ltd., both subsequently abandoned in 1995 and 1979.  That ended direct service from KC (thru STL) to DC and NYC.  Service from CHI directly to PHL also was ended.  Once the South Wind/Floridian was abandoned in 1979, service from CHI to Florida ended.  So while you are correct in asserting that ending service LA-CHI or LA-NOLA would be ending original endpoints, service by connections from CHI-LA would remain. [/quote] I concede the error on the National Limited and probably the South Wind/Floridian, which I do not recall. BUT: Was not the Broadway replaced by the Lake Shore, preserving the NY-Chi city pairs? And I do not get your assertion that Chi-LA, via connections, would survive, unless you're talking the Sunset-Texas Eagle, which is a slender reed, since the Sunset is also part of this abandonment scenario. [/quote] The Three Rivers replaced the Broadway Limited in 1995 between New York and Pittsburgh. In 1996 it was extended to Chicago. It operated until 2005. I don't remember when the Broadway Limited was discontinued, although I believe that it was in 1995. I took the Three Rivers several times from Chicago to Pittsburgh to see my brother.  If I remember correctly, it had a sleeper, a cafe lounge car with limited meal service, and two coaches, plus heaps of head-end cars. I liked it because it arrived in Pittsburgh around mid-morning.
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