Many Baltimore & Ohio streamlined trains were really just remodeled versions of heavyweight trains. This included the Cincinnatian, which began operating in 1947, when new equipment was hard to obtain because manufacturers were backed up with postwar orders.
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As shown in the postcard, the train was initially led by a 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive with a streamlined shroud. The day-time train included a baggage-lounge car, three coaches, and a buffet-observation car. Having proven unpopular on its original Baltimore-Cincinnati route, the train was much more successful when changed to a Detroit-Cincinnati route.
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Like the Cincinnatian, the Columbian was a streamlined heavyweight train when it began operating in 1937. However, in 1949, when this and the following postcards were issued, it gained genuine streamlined equipment made by Pullman. This included several coaches like this one.
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The new train included a “strata-dome” car. We’ve already seen a version of this postcard, but the one presented today is less faded. As shown in a photograph presented with the other postcard, the windows in the dome were really a lot smaller than they appear in the postcard.
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In addition to four coaches, a diner, a coffee shop, and the dome car, the Columbian included a buffet-observation car. In 1958, B&O began operating the all-coach Columbian with the all-Pullman Capitol Limited as one train (like the Super Chief/El Capitan or City of Los Angeles/Challenger), at which time the former’s observation car was dropped.
I would imagine that the smaller dome windows also meant a lower profile for the dome, presumably due to tunnels on the eastern lines having shorter clearances.
O/T but related, I suppose I am one of the holdouts who think that the Superliner cars and all the other “regional” trainsets were not a great idea. One of the good things about the cars that Pullman, Budd, and ACF built after the war was that they could be used anywhere in the country, on any train. Amtrak’s current mashup of equipment prevents that, removing what I think is a valuable tool from the kit: standardized equipment allowing resources to be deployed where needed, e.g. to the western long distance trains in the summer time.