Metropolitan Special

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The Metropolitan Special was the workhorse passenger train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) during the 1920s–1960s between New York City and St. Louis, Missouri, with major station stops in Washington, D.C. and Cincinnati, Ohio. The New York station was actually in Jersey City, New Jersey, with bus service to and from Manhattan. The Metropolitan Special carried a large amount of mail and express in its many baggage cars and made more station stops than the B&O's more prestigious trains along the route, the National Limited and the Diplomat.

In 1967, the United States Postal Service dealt a heavy blow to the B & O, cancelling most of its lucrative post office contracts. This train was gone before the first day of Amtrak, May 1, 1971.

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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, by Kirk Renolds and Dave Oroszi, MBI Publishing, Osceola, Wi, 2000 ISBN 0-7603-0746-6

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