It lost its coaches but still had a passenger-baggage car attached to its consist when the Advance General was inaugurated in 1940.

At this time, it also carried the Broadway's pre-war View series observation cars.

In 1951 the General lost its all-Pullman status when it was combined with the all-coach Trail Blazer for non-peak travel periods only.

In the late 1950s, the General also carried coaches and sleepers from Washington, DC, to Chicago via Harrisburg, when the PRR discontinued its Washington-Chicago Liberty Limited train.

[2][3] In 1967 the General merged with the Broadway Limited when that train lost its numbers and all-Pullman status.