Chesapeake & Ohio George Washington Passenger Train [4K]

The George Washington was a named passenger train of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway running on a route between Cincinnati, Ohio and Washington, D.C.It began service in 1932 to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the first president of the United States. When the George Washington was inaugurated as C&O's top-notch train on April 30, 1932, it was one of only two all-air-conditioned, long-distance trains operating in America. (the other was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Capitol Limited, which was instituted as an all-air-conditioned train only a week or so before the George Washington. New equipment was not built for this train; instead, older cars that were completely refurbished by Pullman and by C&O shops. It was still a few years before the streamliner craze, so C&O persisted with the standards of the time using its solid, heavy cars. The Pullman Company normally lettered its sleepers in a standardized fashion so that they could be interchanged and routed in any train in the United States with some uniformity, but there were some "name trains" to which specific cars were assigned on a regular basis, and C&O's George Washington was one of these. They differed from the standard Pullman sleepers in that they had the name of the train at the center of the letterboard where "PULLMAN" was usually placed, while the word "PULLMAN" was relocated to the end of the letterboard in small letters

[@b3j8]

That narrator pronounced Cincinnati the way my Grandparents used to; "Cincinnatta." Tell ya I was born in the wrong era. What a fabulous train!

[@ethanmorel2746]

The Van Sweringen Brothers had three railroads control. The C&O, it’s subsidiary Pere Marquette, and the Nickel Plate Road. This was a very much a part of the system.

[@lennyhendricks4628]

Erie and W&LE as well.

[@greatandpowerfulSUZI]

I love how the band played 'Casey Jones' while the narrator was talking about the engineer

[@ronaldspins]

@10:55 Sleeping with MY CAT ! This video was a great trip back to yesteryear , well worth the watch!!!!

[@christopherdibble5872]

The engineer's don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954 still get a tear in my eye when I hear an old train in the night.

[@debraball2641]

This was a fascinating video! Thanks for posting. I’m a huge fan of the Chessie system and it’s history.

[@ethanmorel2746]

My great granddaddy worked for the C&O as a ticket seller for passengers. I’m now a member of their society.

[@raygraham9888]

Memories of bygone days.

[@williamschlenger1518]

Great video but this America no longer exists. I'm old enough to remember steam locomotives & quality of life.

[@Modellbaustammtisch]

Well this was shot in 1932, during the Great Depression. I don't think too many people had the privilege to travel that way.

[@nelsonnoname001]

Words can't explain how much I love this, not just for the GW, the C&O, or Cincinnati, but just as a rail advertisement, or advertisement for that matter, beautiful top tier gold - Respect, humility, class, and elegance (without being corny or sense of making stuff up)

[@franciscoleonardo151]

I loved that going through town right in the center of town as it should be

[@Tom-xe9iq]

Hey, the Cincinnata Bengals are going to the Super Bowl!!!

[@Hornhausen]

Nice video.

[@sarjim4381]

Interesting video,re but there obviously some pretty big chunks of it missing toward the enr. Probably just the way it goes with a movie this old. The overall quality of the photography is a lot better than other films of the early thirties.

[@benlahrman4149]

Too bad of CSX is in such rough shape.....

[@mitchdakelman4470]

What you have here is the first 12 minutes of a film that runs almost one hour. I just received a 16mm copy, and it was missing the first 10 minutes, trying to figure the production date of the film.

[@markbowles2382]

WOW

[@WhiteCamry]

"The World's Most Famous Passenger Train."

[@Toledo1940]

No, that was the Twentieth Century Limited, which the New York Central Railroad operated between Chicago and New York!

[@Toledo1940]

@Max Stewart: I don't know much about copyright law, but it's possible that the term might not have been "copyright-able." (ouch!)

[@hakeemsd70m]

@@Toledo1940 question did the 20th Century Limited run the same route as Amtrak's Cardinal?

[@Toledo1940]

@@hakeemsd70m: I'm not sure. The 20th Century Limited ran between New York and Chicago.

[@lucasberry2765]

Hakeem Sd70M no the 20th Century Limited ran along the NYC’s “Water Level Route” which was along the Great Lakes in to Chicago. The Cardinal comes down in to Indiana, Ohio, and in to West Virginia, Virginia, and up towards New York

[@JungleYT]

You should have put *what YEAR - 1932???*

[@anthonycannatajr9482]

Cincinnata...

[@jackdziadul1926]

Very interesting promotional film for that era. Everyone dressed up to travel. Smoking allowed. White tablecloths with special requests to the kitchen honored. This would be a good film for kids to see in a history or social studies class. Whites in first class, minorities in the kitchen or carrying the luggage. The "good old days." To which my Black friends would reply. "Yeah, good for you. Not so much for us."

[@DaveG1963]

Appreciate it for what the film is...history of a by gone era. Seriously it Doesn't require making it a racial issue!