Cincinnatian

This article is about the train. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation).

The streamlined steam Cincinnatian in 1956.

Cincinnatian original route
Legend Mount Royal Station, Baltimore Camden Station, Baltimore Maryland/District of Columbia border Washington Union Station District of Columbia/Maryland border Silver Spring Maryland/West Virginia border Martinsburg Keyser Grafton Clarksburg Parkersburg Ohio River West Virginia/Ohio border Athens Chillicothe Oakley Winton Place Cincinnati

Cincinnatian revised route
Legend Fort St. Station, Detroit Plymouth Michigan/Ohio border Toledo Deshler Lima Wapakoneta Sidney Piqua Troy Dayton Middletown Hamilton Winton Place Cincinnati

The Cincinnatian was a named passenger train operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The B&O inaugurated service on January 19, 1947, with service between Baltimore, Maryland and Cincinnati, Ohio, essentially a truncated route of the National Limited which operated between Jersey City, New Jersey and St. Louis.^{[citation needed]} This route was unsuccessful due to the thin population along the line, and the route was changed on June 25, 1950 from a Baltimore to Cincinnati daylight schedule to a Detroit to Cincinnati daylight schedule where it would remain until the creation of Amtrak. On this new routing the train sets became successful almost from the beginning. [1] The Cincinnatian on this route used many mail cars, which contributed to the route's success.

The Cincinnatian is most famed for its original dedicated equipment, rebuilt in the Baltimore and Ohio Mount Clare Shops. The design work was done by Olive Dennis, a pioneering civil engineer employed by the railroad and appointed by Daniel Willard to special position in charge of such work for passenger service. Four P-7 "president" class Pacific locomotives (5301-5304) were rebuilt and shrouded as class P-7d, with roller bearings on all axles and larger six-axle tenders. Older heavyweight passenger cars were completely stripped and rebuilt as streamliners. The livery used the blue and gray scheme designed by Otto Kuhler, which Dennis laid on the engine and tender in a pattern of horizontal stripes and angled lines.

In 1970 and 1971, the Cincinnatian was the only Baltimore and Ohio train on the Cincinnati to Detroit route. The trains no longer offered checked baggage—passengers had to carry their own luggage on and off the coaches.

Food was not available either. The 1970 timetable said "Food and beverages may be purchased at Toledo station during station stop." That meant a long wait for hungry northbound riders who left Hamilton at 10:47 a.m. and arrived in Toledo at 2:30 p.m. Southbound, the train departed Toledo at 11:45 a.m. and stopped in Hamilton at 3:25 p.m. The B&O still was using the name and same numbers when the railroad ended passenger service on April 30, 1971. [2] When Amtrak took over service on May 1, 1971, it did not continue operating any of B & O's remaining passenger routes.

Equipment used

The following are the two consists of the Cincinnatian (1947)

5301 PRESIDENT ADAMS 4-6-2 Streamlined Pacific & Tender

1307 EDEN PARK Baggage Crew Day Room Buffet 24-seat Lounge Car

3565 INDIAN HILL 60 revenue seat Coach

3572 OAKLEY 56 Revenue seat Coach with Stewardess Room

3567 COLLEGE HILL 60 Revenue seat Coach

3304 PEEBLES CORNER 24-seat Dining 18-seat Lounge Observation

SECOND CONSIST

5302 PRESIDENT JEFFERSON 4-6-2 Streamlined Pacific & Tender

1308 HYDE PARK Baggage Crew Day Room Buffet 24-seat Lounge Car

3566 WINTON PLACE 60 Revenue seat Coach

3573 NORWOOD 56 Revenue seat Coach with Stewardess Room

3568 WALNUT HILLS 60 Revenue seat Coach

3305 FOUNTAIN SQUARE 24 seat Dining 18-seat Lounge Observation

BAGGAGE CREW DAY-ROOM BUFFET 24-SEAT LOUNGE COMBINATION CARS Baltimore and Ohio Mount Clare Shops, December, 1946 (Re-built and Streamlined for the CINCINNATIANS)

1307 EDEN PARK

1308 HYDE PARK

60 REVENUE SEAT COACHES Baltimore and Ohio Mount Clare Shops, December 1946 (Re-built and Streamlined for the CINCINNATIANS)

3565 INDIAN HILL

3566 WINTON PLACE

3567 COLLEGE HILL

2568 WALNUT HILLS

56 REVENUE SEAT COACHES WITH STEWARDESS ROOM Baltimore and Ohio Mount Clare Shops, December 1946 (Re-built and Streamlined for the CINCINNATIANS)

3572 OAKLEY

3573 NORWOOD

24 SEAT DINING 18-SEAT LOUNGE OBSERVATIONS Baltimore and Ohio Mount Clare Shops, December 1946 (Re-built and Streamlined for CINCINNATIANS)

3304 PEEBLES CORNERS

3305 FOUNTAIN SQUARE

Two 52 revenue seat streamlined Coaches 3574 AVONDALE and 3575 PRICE HILL were completed by Mount Clare Shops in March, 1947 and replaced 60 Revenue seat Coaches 3567 COLLEGE HILL and 3568 WALNUT HILLS in the CINCINNATIANS at that time.

52 REVENUE SEAT COACHES Baltimore and Ohio Mount Clare Shops, March 1947 (Re-built and Streamlined for the CINCINNATIANS)

3574 AVONDALE

3575 PRICE HILL