The Manhattan Limited was a passenger train of the Pennsylvania Railroad which served the Chicago—New York City route.

[1]: 111  Departing and arriving earlier than its flagship sister, the Manhattan Limited made far more local stops during daytime hours on a consequently more protracted schedule.

At Pittsburgh a single waiting underutilized sleeping car[3] and one of the last operating Railway Post Office cars from the sidetracks of the adjacent U.S. Post Office were switched into the eastbound consist behind the locomotive for the overnight leg to New York City, evidently remnants of The Pittsburgher.

The train was also available to transport specialty cars of traveling performance shows such as Holiday on Ice.

The ICC granted the Penn Central's discontinuation request, but the passage of the Rail Passenger Service Act kept the Manhattan Limited running while Amtrak formed.