The Metropolitan Special was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's workhorse train on its route of the National Limited between New York City and St. Louis, Missouri with major station stops in Washington DC and Cincinnati, Ohio. The New York station was actually in Jersey City, New Jersey, with bus service to and from Manhattan. The Metropolitan carried a large amount of mail and express, in its many baggage cars. This train made more station stops than its more famous sister, the National Limited. In 1967, the United States Post Office 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.
References
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, by Kirk Renolds and Dave Oroszi, MBI Publishing, Osceola, Wi, 2000 ISBN 0-7603-0746-6
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