George Washington (train)

George Washington

The streamlined George Washington in 1969, approaching Alexandria, Virginia
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Midwestern United States Mid-Atlantic United States
First service	1932
Last service	1974
Former operator(s)	Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Route
Termini	Washington, DC and Phoebus, Virginia Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky
Distance travelled	599 miles (964 km) (Washington -- Cincinnati)
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	1-41-21 (westbound); 2-22-42 (eastbound)
On-board services
Seating arrangements	Reclining seat coaches
Sleeping arrangements	Roomettes and double bedrooms (1954)
Catering facilities	Dining car
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map v t e Legend Washington, D.C. Long Bridge over the Potomac River DC VA Alexandria Orange Phoebus closed 1953 Newport News Lee Hall Williamsburg Richmond Gordonsville Charlottesville Waynesboro Staunton Clifton Forge Covington VA WV White Sulphur Springs Ronceverte opened 1968 Alderson Hinton Prince Thurmond Montgomery Charleston Huntington WV KY Ashland Lexington closed 1957 Louisville South Portsmouth Vanceburg Maysville Augusta Newport C&O Railroad Bridge over the Ohio River KY OH Cincinnati

The George Washington was a named passenger train of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway running between Cincinnati, Ohio and Washington, D.C. that operated from 1932, the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, to 1974.^[1] A section divided from the main train at Gordonsville, Virginia and operated through Richmond to Phoebus, Virginia. From the west, a section originated in Louisville and joined at Ashland.