. Book of the Royal blue . Cl->c ovalJMmiicd AMERICAN TRAVEL DE LUXE. WITH the Electric Automobin connection with theservice offered by the Uoyaltrains, between Washington,Baltimore, Philadelphia andNew York, the climax of rail-way travel is indeed attained,and the Ualtiniore & Ohio Ilail-road, true to its traditions, wasthe first to introduce this latestachievement in transportationby establishing Electric ^ehicleService at Washington, D. C. liteam and electricity com-bined are the potent factors oflocomotion inthe presentera. Whatpower inthe futurewill supplantthem ? The RoyalLimited is t
. Book of the Royal blue . Cl->c ovalJMmiicd AMERICAN TRAVEL DE LUXE. WITH the Electric Automobin connection with theservice offered by the Uoyaltrains, between Washington,Baltimore, Philadelphia andNew York, the climax of rail-way travel is indeed attained,and the Ualtiniore & Ohio Ilail-road, true to its traditions, wasthe first to introduce this latestachievement in transportationby establishing Electric ^ehicleService at Washington, D. C. liteam and electricity com-bined are the potent factors oflocomotion inthe presentera. Whatpower inthe futurewill supplantthem ? The RoyalLimited is thename given totwo trainsleaving NewYork daily at3 oclock forWashington,and Washing-ton daily at .Soclock forNew York,arr i vi ng at lie, running magnificent Blue Line. K. .V ti. AlTOMOBILE CAB. destinations at 8 oclock. These two trains are the exact counterparts of each other and form part of the Royal Blue Line series, which is composed of nine fast trains daily each way between the above cities. The class of travel between thenations metropolis and its capitalrequires the highest standard ofrailway equipment and a corre-spondingly quickening of time, andthe Baltimore it Ohio Railroad, inconnection with the Philadelphia c5cReading Railway and Central Rail-road of New .Jersey, realizing itsvalue, inaugu-rated this splen-did service. \\ i t h woodfrom India, withdraperies fromPersia and Amer-ican metal, form-ed into beautifulshapes by Ameri-can skill, theRoyal Limitedbecame the mostsuperb train ofits kind ever con-structed. The colorscheme adoptedthroughout itsgeneral make-up 18 AMERICAN TRAVEL DE LUXE. is Royal Blue and the Parlor Cars namedthe Empress, the Countess, Czarinaand Queen are superbly finished with ver^million wood inlaid wit
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