Fictional Railroads: Do you rewrite history?

[JCitron]

Doing some research only to find that the NYC (New York Central) never made it to Washington DC So to correct this error I will have the NYC make a run that leaves New York City and goes to Washington DC then south and west through Boone' Gap, Kentucky to turn north to Cincinnati and finally ending in Chicago.

My question to the forum is I need a name for this train? The train will be up scale like the 20th Century Limited and will service the nations political and industrial giants of a growing nation. The train will caterer to first class, business , and the political movers and shakers. The timeline for the train should be started around 1910 or so. So here is your chance to name a new iconic named passenger train in the USA. It may be fun to put this to a vote and I'll add this particular train to my route. Thanks and have fun with this :hehe:

Dave

The old B&O ran the Capitol Limited ran from Chicago to Penn Station, Washington, which would have been an excellent name. There was also an extension of the train out of Cleveland.

How about the "Senate Express" or something similar?

John

 

[steamboateng]

I think the Senate Express is a good name. You can even have two trains with that name; the Right Side Senate Express, a bold and brassy affair, which only sells tickets to places you don't want to go: or the Left Side Senate Express, a more subdued train with lots of smokey back room parlor cars, and a ticket price increase at each station you stop at!
No matter what, the Commodore will always smile.

 

[Thai1On]

I like the idea of the name "The Senate" or maybe "The Senator" and yes, the smoke filled parlor cars would be a must :hehe: I was also looking for names that would also have a business slant too like "The Tycoon or The President". I know a bit stuffy but I would love to hear some more suggestions. Besides Commodore Vanderbilt needs some more cash :hehe:

 

[steamboateng]

I got more! Howabout............the...
'Bailout Special'
'Gridlock Express'
'Presidential Vacation'
'Washington City Ecilpse'
New Hampshire Redeye'
'Iowa Cockadoodledoo'
'Senatorial Ambition'
Law Maker's Limited'
'Much Adoo About Nuthin''
etcetera......etcera........etcera.....!

The Commodore smiles opon you....

 

[JCitron]

How about the Banker's Special.

John