Reading Railroad Crusader Streamliner T-Shirt

Stainless Steel Streamlined Passenger Train Between New York and Philadelphia. Comfort With Economy. It ran on a 90.3-mile route from Philadelphia's Reading Terminal to Jersey City's Communipaw Terminal, with a ferry connection to Lower Manhattan. Trains operated over CNJ tracks for the 30 miles from Jersey City to Bound Brook and over the Reading Railroad System for the 60 miles from Bound Brook to Philadelphia. image copyright © Stan Feldman July 18th 1999 - 22020 The Reading Railroad debuted the Crusader in December of 1937 featuring a five car consist in all-stainless steel built by the Budd Company of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The train included a tavern-diner, reclining-seat coaches, and two lounge-observations pulled by a 4-6-2 Pacific Type steam locomotive which was likewise streamlined in stainless steel, with dark blue trim to match the rest of the consist. Of note, the Reading placed an observation on each end of the train thereby negated the need to turn the equipment prior to another run saving the railroad time. Instead, the power could simply run-around the cars.