Metropolitan View

Metropolitan View
1-bedroom 2-master room
buffet-lounge-observation car
Manufacturer Pullman-Standard
Order number Lot 6548
Constructed 1938
Diagram Plan 4080; later 4080A
Capacity 6
Operator(s) Pullman Company (1938–1957)
Pennsylvania Railroad
Specifications
Car length 85 feet (26 m)
Auxiliaries 32 Volt
Train heating Steam heat,
Mechanical air conditioning
Bogies Type 43-R, later 41-HR
Braking system(s) D-22
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Notes
[1][2]

Metropolitan View is a sleeper-buffet-lounge-observation car, with 2 master rooms and a double bedroom, built by Pullman-Standard for use on the Pennsylvania Railroad train the Broadway Limited. In 1938, the Broadway Limited was completely reequipped with lightweight steel cars to replace the heavyweight steel cars. The new equipment's industrial design was a product of Raymond Loewy. It had three sister cars built for the same order called Skyline View, Federal View, and Washington View; the latter two were built for the Liberty Limited, which operated between Washington and Chicago. The Metropolitan View is now located in the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati in Covington, Kentucky and has been the subject of numerous photographs over the years.

Amtrak's fifty Viewliner sleeping cars carried names engine in View. One was named, Metropolitan View but it had its name removed in late 2008.


References

  1. Pullman Co. list of cars 1950 pp. 30, 62
  2. Madden, item 11228 of Excel file.
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