Nov 10, 2001 - Sale 1914

Sale 1914 - Lot 3

Price Realized: $ 920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BROADWAY LIMITED. Circa 1940.
40 3/4x25 inches.
Condition B+: restored losses and overpainting along right margin; restoration in upper left corner.
One of the giants in the field of 20th Century celebrity trains, along with the New York Central's 20th Century Limited<>, and Santa Fe's Chief<>, the Broadway Limited ran from New York City through Philadelphia to Chicago, where connections could be made to head all the way out West. A contemporary brochure boasts that the train offered six different kind of "restful accomodations", including the "roomette, Master Room and Duplex Room".