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The Crusader was a 5 car stainless steel streamlined express train that ran on a 90.3-mile (145.3 km) route from Philadelphia's Reading Terminal to Jersey City's Communipaw Terminal, with a ferry connection to Lower Manhattan at Liberty Street.
Feb 21, 2024 · A Reading Railroad photo featuring its only notable streamliner, the "Crusader" (New York/Jersey City - Philadelphia), circa 1937. The train is led by streamlined 4-6-2 (Class G1-sa) #118. It is posed here on the stone-arch bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia.
The Crusader was a 5-car stainless steel streamlined express train that ran on a 90.3-mile (145.3 km) route from Philadelphia's Reading Terminal to Jersey City's Communipaw Terminal, with a ferry connection to Lower Manhattan at Liberty Street.
Oct 15, 2012 · In 1937 the Reading Railroad Company launched the “Reading Crusader,” a half million dollar streamlined train built by the Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company. The Reading Company promoted it as the “World’s most modern train.”
Dec 13, 2019 · The Reading Railroad’s express passenger train Crusader made its first regular run along a 90.3-mile (145.3-kilometer) route between the Reading Terminal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Communipaw Terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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The real Reading Crusader crossed the Delaware to Mercer County, NJ at the Yardley-Ewing Railroad Bridge. It provided luxury express service from Philadelphia to New York City featuring reclining seats and a quick ferry ride across the Hudson making the journey with ferry ride in less than two hours.
