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Boat Train from Chicago for Paris France

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Boat Train from Chicago for Paris France
Posted by Victrola1 on Thursday, March 12, 2020 2:32 PM

"In establishing a new boat train, the Parisian, from Chicago to New York, the Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the French Line, plans to cut traveling time between Chicago and Paris to approximately seven days, eliminating delay in New York for steamship connection." Railway Age, May 30, 1925. 

English boat trains between London and Southampton were legendary. How common were boat trains connecting with ocean liners between the Midwest and the East Coast? 

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