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| Last updated on August 7, 2025
In a September 1952 view at Cincinnati Union Terminal, passengers board Baltimore & Ohio’s Cincinnatian for Detroit.
Wallace W. Abbey photo
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I saw the photo and thought it looked like Wallace W. Abbey. It is!
The train was rebuilt by B&O’s Mount Clare Shops from old heavyweight cars for a Baltimore-Cincinnati day train. Each train had a combo bag-buffet-lounge, 3 coaches and a cafe-obs. Ridership was not profitable and day trains 11-12 could take the traffic. The Cincinnatian trains were moved to Cincy-Detroit with their streamlined P-7 Pacifics.
Since it’s a Wallace W. Abbey photo, there must be an article to go with the photo.
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