The 20th Century Limited - Back On Familiar Rails [S1: E13]
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- New York Central's flagship train, the 20th Century Limited, was billed as "The Most Famous Train In The World." Although the days of the Century shuttling the rich and famous between New York and Chicago are long gone, there is still one piece of this luxury train still in existence.
Join Rail Weekly as we see the last remaining car from the Century travel down the exact rails it was built for back in the 1940s.
Special thanks to photographers Giovanni, Aaron and Kiet for their contributions to this episode. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
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Our latest episode showing the interior of the Hickory Creek… Riding the 20th Century Limited - Hickory Creek [S2: E04]
czcams.com/video/-6F1AvSaTSo/video.html
Great work. Hickory Creek is an amazing piece of 20th Century Limited history!👍
Thank you! Check out my more recent video m on this car as well if you have the time! czcams.com/video/-6F1AvSaTSo/video.htmlsi=ZUFxH9Gplub7WRt5
My great-grandfather was an engineer, and ran the Buffalo - Cleveland segment! Great history!
How very cool! I bet he had some awesome stories.
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHAR YOUR TRUTH!!!!
Thank you so much! I’m having a blast with it! :-)
The Hickory Creek looks like a dead ringer for the last car on the California Daylight, which no longer seems to exist.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! THAT IS TOTALLY AWSOME!!!!! ART DECO TRAIN RENISANCE!!!!
Glad you like it!
“the Hickory Creek is the last surviving original car from the 20th Century Limited”
Maumee River and Sandy Creek have entered the chat
Thank you!! I wasn’t aware of the sandy creek. Looks like it’s on the NS office car train at the moment? Perhaps I should have said “still in NYC livery”. I’m unfamiliar with the Maumee River however. Have any more info? :-)
Very cool! Thanks for sharing.
The 20th Century did not run on Saturdays; the Commodore Vanderbilt handled the through West Coast cars on Saturdays.
If they get 3001 steam locomotive is restored it would be more enjoyable
F yeah, 3001 should have the honor of pulling it one day to honor the NYC legacy
Well, thank God for the Lake Shore Limited!
Great video with amazing shots of the area I have travelled so many times. Would have loved to see the interior.
Thank you! And same on the interior shots… Tickets sold out so fast for these trips! Next time hopefully!
Ask and you shall receive! Riding the 20th Century Limited - Hickory Creek [S2: E04]
czcams.com/video/-6F1AvSaTSo/video.html
@@RailWeekly That was wonderful - thank you so much! One of my late relatives (Helene Chadwick), at one point was quite well-known in silent pictures. In those days she would take the Golden State Limited from LA to Chicago (sometimes she would advertise for that train) and then the 20th Century from there. It did not stop in Utica, NY, the city nearest where the family lived, but they would for her. The newspapers and photographers would be waiting. She would come to Chadwicks to visit her grandmother and aunt and then continue on to NYC on a different train to visit her sister and friends she knew from her early film days in New York.
@@J.M.Chadwick6 That's fascinating! Thank you for sharing that!
That next to last video was the $$$$ shot right there!
Thank you so much! You got some shots there too right?
@@RailWeekly yeah I went the weekend after you to Dobbs had I not made a detour the first weekend I would’ve gone that day as well. I would’ve killed for the sun beaming off the cars.
Nice new sub
For LaSalle St, the 'a' in Salle is pronounced like "gal" or "pal".
Thank you!
Great to have discovered your channel, Mike. I've just subscribed.
Hoping to ride Hickory Creek this coming autumn! Meantime, may I ask about a couple of your vantage points (I'm not a competitor; I shoot stills only!), as I also want to shoot it from along the right of way on other days -The view toward the end by the water with Manhattan in tele perspective - is that accessible by foot or only from on the Hudson? Also, the high view of back of train at Breakneck Ridge - where were you stationed?
Thanks so much for any guidance!
Hi Steve! No such thing as a competitor! The more rail fans, the better! The shot you’re talking about is taken from the parking lot of the Half Moon Restaurant at the Dobbs Ferry Metro North stop. I actually explain this photo location in this video if this helps… czcams.com/video/d1Wko5PvsJE/video.html
@@RailWeekly Thanks, Mike. Just watched it, and was delighted to know that vantage point is so easily reached. You've also reminded me to get back to Chicago!
*THANKS,* but I can not find more information about the amazing rounded end passenger car.
Who has designed it? How many units were built? So on.
The URHS (current owner of the car) has some great information on the website! www.urhs.org/hickorycreek
Fun fact the luxurious car actually came from the Morristown in Erie Railway then the Morristown and Erie railway bring it up to Sunnyside yard and then the Amtrak train picked it up I know that because when I was at the Morristown and Erie railway to get some nice videos of the excursion. I actually sat in that car and it was beautiful
Very lucky! Would love the chance to experience this car one day!
@@RailWeekly I also Got videos of the lake shore limited when I was up in Bear Mountain New York
@@RailWeekly thanks and yeah it was awesome I wish that happened every day
@@RailWeekly It’ll happen one day just believe
why just 1 car, why can't we recreate the entire train sets
Well, it might not be the whole train exactly as it was, but the same group is trying to get as close as possible to doing just that to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Century! Check out this link for more info.... www.hudsonriverrail.com/75thanniversary
Nice video and especially the audio, but totally lacking in interior views of the car.
Thank you, Nick! We were not fast enough to snag a ticket. Sold out for all dates in 6 minutes!
Finally got some interior shots! Riding the 20th Century Limited - Hickory Creek [S2: E04]
czcams.com/video/-6F1AvSaTSo/video.html
Does nobody feel that calling this 2023 version of the 20th Century Limited is a push of the imagination that seems to exist to cash in on the name? Apart from the 4-course meal and views that any train on that route will provide, what do you get for your $350 +tax?
It is one old-style Pullman Diner car (that could be argued is a fair representation of the older Pullmans) at the end of modern common Amfleet carriages and pulled by a modern common run-of-the-mill GE Genesis diesel loco. Looking at most of the artwork from years gone by and they highlighted either the E7/8 and J-3 locos because they caught people's attention and imagination, but the 2023 website does not seem to have one single shot of the motive power that is used. It is like they are hiding the fact that it is just a boring older commuter GE Genesis type loco pulling modern common AmFleet carriages found on so many commuter routes. So one single carriage could be argued as having a loose connection but the rest of it!!!!!
You might as well use an RO-RO ferry to represent the Titanic and dress up one of the eating areas to look like the Titanic's 'A la Carte' restaurant. Then charge $350 per 4-course meal.
I actually got to ride this the next year and had a great time! They also sold tickets in the NYC Tavern Lounge car for much cheaper. If you’re curious, I made a video about actually riding it… czcams.com/video/-6F1AvSaTSo/video.html
Late Shore Limited
You do realize we want to see the interior of the period car, not the stinking Amtrak train?
Check it out, Paul! Riding the 20th Century Limited - Hickory Creek [S2: E04]
czcams.com/video/-6F1AvSaTSo/video.html