highest top speed of the old nyc to chicago trains?

[Philly Amtrak Fan]

That, and also the fact that there is a substantial contingent of potential customers who would rather spend a night sitting up in coach than pay Amtrak's current going rate for a sleeper accommodation....

Or just can't afford the sleeper.

 

[Texan Eagle]

Or just can't afford the sleeper.

Bring back the sectionals! All I want for overnight Amtrak journeys is the ability to sleep on a flat surface, none of the shenanigans of included meals and coffee and juice and SCA making a bed for me and all that. A good simple sleeper berth like trains in Europe and Asia have will do just fine!

 

[Palmetto]

PRR's Broadway and the NYC's 20th Century used to literally have races to see which one could get to Chicago first.

Most times the Century would win!

The tracks came together and paralleled each other to Englewood, which was the first stop. The two lines parted company in Whiting, IN I believe.