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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar ...That all sounds like a very desireable atmosphere for the NYC Century...I wonder if The Broadway Limited qualified up to near that point.....I'm old enough to remember, but never rode neither. [/quote] When coaches were added to the Century accomodations better than bedrooms, i.e. compartments and drawing rooms also began to disappear from the train. So a lot of clientel used to the exclusivity of the Century drifted over to the Pennsy and the Broadway. Now I'm a big fan of the Pennsy, and I liked the Broadway. But in terms of merely sofistication, I feel the Century inched ahead of the Broadway just a scootch. If it was 1953, and I was making a round trip to Manhattan, I would have gone out on one, and return on the other. The fact that you could have breakfast in either one of the Broadway's lounges, mid-train or observation, always intrigued me. To the Broadway's credit, the Broadway, to the end, provided 6 varieties of accomodations. Roomette, duplex single room, double bedrooms, compartments, drawing rooms, and the master rooms in the Obs Car with the showers. The Century-Broadway comparisons are varied and never ending. The clientel of the Century was filled with entertainment personalities, that of the Broadway, with its No. Phili stop, tended to be the stars of the financial world. So this all is subjective. The timely operation of trains 28 & 29 was as important to the Pennsy as the operation trains 25 & 26 were to the NYC. The fabled pair are the top 2 on my list but the number 1 spot goes to NYC 25 & 26, with Pennsy 28 & 29 closely following the Century's markers. Mitch
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