New York Central, The: The Water Level Route DVD

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  • Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Run Time: 50 Minutes
  • Region: Region 1 Region?
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Language: English
  • Studio: History Channel
  • DVD Release Date: May 25, 1998

From Grand Central Terminal to The 20th Century Limited, here is the story of one of the great, vanished names in American railroading.



History embraces some of the most famous names in the history of American railroading Cornelius Vanderbilt, Grand Central Terminal, The 20th Century Limited. Like many other legendary lines, The New York Central is now just a memory. But for a century, the line founded by Erastus Corning and transformed by Vanderbilt was the standard by which others were measured.

THE NEW YORK CENTRAL is an authoritative tour through the history and legacy of this storied line. Archival footage brings to life its glory days, when the red carpet and cool elegance of the Henry Dreyfuss design made the Limited the last word in railroading elegance. See how the Central grew from a union of many smaller railroads into a huge network with tens of thousands of miles of track and six daily runs from New York to Chicago. And trace its decline after World War II, when even a merger with its arch-rival, The Pennsylvania Railroad, could not stave off the inevitable end.

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