Named through a contest, styled by Paul Crett and manufactured by the Budd Co , the Crusader was Reading's premier passenger train that featured an observation car at each end and a diner car in the center of its consist Hauled initially by a streamlined Pacific and later by FP7A's the Crusader made a twice daily trip between Philadelphia and Jersey City for 13 years (click here for a photo)
{i} one who fights in a crusade, one who joins a medieval military expedition to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims; one who campaigns for the advancement of a cause