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- Metropolitan_Special abstract "The Metropolitan Special was the workhorse passenger train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) during the 1920s–1960s between St. Louis, Missouri and Jersey City, New Jersey, where at Communipaw Terminal passengers transferred to buses and ferries to Manhattan in New York City. Major station stops included Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati, Ohio. The Metropolitan Special carried vast amounts of mail and express packages in many (often 10+) baggage cars and express cars, and the train served various smaller towns and villages that were bypassed by the more prestigious trains along the route, the National Limited and the Diplomat. Added revenue for the train came from Railway Post Office cars, which sorted and canceled mail en route, between terminals.Even with declining passenger revenue through the 1950s and 1960s, the B&O Passenger Department relied heavily on trains such as the Metropolitan Special because of the revenue generated by moving mail and express packages. However, in 1967, the United States Postal Service dealt a heavy blow to the B&O, canceling most of its lucrative post office contracts. With such a drop in revenue, the fate of the Metropolitan Special was sealed. This train was gone before the first day of Amtrak, May 1, 1971.".
- Metropolitan_Special thumbnail B&O_Metropolitan_Special_route.png?width=300.
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- Metropolitan_Special wikiPageRevisionID "597841838".
- Metropolitan_Special hasPhotoCollection Metropolitan_Special.
- Metropolitan_Special subject Category:Named_passenger_trains_of_the_United_States.
- Metropolitan_Special subject Category:Passenger_rail_transportation_in_West_Virginia.
- Metropolitan_Special subject Category:Passenger_trains_of_the_Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad.
- Metropolitan_Special type Artifact100021939.
- Metropolitan_Special type Conveyance103100490.
- Metropolitan_Special type Instrumentality103575240.
- Metropolitan_Special type NamedPassengerTrainsOfTheUnitedStates.
- Metropolitan_Special type Object100002684.
- Metropolitan_Special type PassengerTrain103896233.
- Metropolitan_Special type PassengerTrainsOfTheBaltimoreAndOhioRailroad.
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- Metropolitan_Special type PublicTransport104019101.
- Metropolitan_Special type Train104468005.
- Metropolitan_Special type Whole100003553.
- Metropolitan_Special comment "The Metropolitan Special was the workhorse passenger train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) during the 1920s–1960s between St. Louis, Missouri and Jersey City, New Jersey, where at Communipaw Terminal passengers transferred to buses and ferries to Manhattan in New York City. Major station stops included Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati, Ohio.".
- Metropolitan_Special label "Metropolitan Special".
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- Metropolitan_Special sameAs Metropolitan_Special.
- Metropolitan_Special wasDerivedFrom Metropolitan_Special?oldid=597841838.
- Metropolitan_Special depiction B&O_Metropolitan_Special_route.png.
- Metropolitan_Special isPrimaryTopicOf Metropolitan_Special.
