The Empire State Express exceeds all expectation - in beauty, speed, luxury of appointments, smoothness of operation and travel comfort. The 32 cars and two streamlined locomotives constructed especially for the new Empire are operated as two identical sixteen-car trains between New York and Buffalo, Cleveland and Detroit. All cars are 85 feet in length, making an overall train length of 1360 feet - over a quarter of a mile. The interior arrangements, decorative plan and furnishings were designed by Paul Cret and New York Central's engineers and are, it is believed, the most beautiful and modern of any train thus far built. Nothing has been spared to make the cars invitingly beautiful and comfortable.
Air conditioning keeps cars at a comfortable temperature in all weathers.
But the builders of the Empire have not been content to confine their refine- ments to that which meets the eye. Visible comforts must endure, while the train is speeding along at higher paces. Out of sight are the all-important score of new and modern devices which insure safe, quiet, smooth operation continuously. The inauguration of the new Empire State Express marks another milestone in the progressive improvement of passenger travel on the New York Central. As the finest day train in the world, the Empire carries on a tradition for unexcelled passenger service.