B&O operated a lot of passenger trains in the 1950s, but this timetable wanted travelers to know that eight of them were particularly “fine feature trains.” These were the New York-Chicago Capitol Limited, Washington-Chicago Columbian, New York-St. Louis National Limited, New York-St. Louis Diplomat, Baltimore-Detroit Ambassador, New York-Chicago Shenandoah, Cincinnati-Detroit Cincinnatian, and the New York-Washington Royal Blue.

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In 1951, all of these trains were Diesel-powered except the Cincinnatian. Five were streamliners but the Ambassador, Diplomat, and Shenandoah still carried some unstreamlined, heavyweight cars. For example, the Shenandoah included a 10 section, 2 compartment, one drawing room car, a configuration only found in heavyweight cars.

Despite having some heavyweights, the Shenandoah joined the Capitol Limited and Columbian in offering views from strata-dome cars. The dome car appeared on the Shenandoah only every other day and was open only to Pullman passengers.