The westbound
Washingtonian, operating as Train No. 21, left Baltimore at 9:00 a.m., arriving in Cleveland twelve hours later at 9:00 p.m. Eastbound, the
Washingtonian was designated Train No. 22. The train's consist was typically a pair of baggage/express cars, a
Railway Post Office car, three air conditioned coaches, and a combination parlor-
diner-
lounge car. In the late 1940s, as many as six additional coaches were added on weekends to accommodate the throngs of East Coast-bound passengers boarding the train at the numerous
Appalachian Mountain communities along the B&O's right-of-way. In its final year of service, westbound
Washingtonian Train No. 21 operated on the following schedule (principal stops shown in blue, P&LE–Erie
Steel King denoted in yellow): ==References==