The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-05
IN THE RAILWAY WORLD
New Coast Filler For New York
Central and Lake Shore.
FINE OCEAN TO OCEAN LIMITED.

Train Leaves Gotham In the NOM
ing and Connects With the Union
TnciH Overland - Telephone Com
ncct1On Between each Car Of y
Pennsylvania Train.
The New York Central and the Lake |
Shore roads are preparing to take ad-
vantage Of the vast improvements
which have been made III the physical
condition of tie Northwestern and the
Union Pacific, says the Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
These two roads will soon place In
service a new ocean TO ocean fier,
which viii give an additional limited
train across the continent. Passenger
officials Of the Northwestern were adj
vised Of this move recently by Il teie-
gram received from George Daniels,
general passenger agent Of the New
York Central road, and the information
was later confirmed by William G.
Brown. vice president OF the, Lake
Shore road.
The details Of the new service have
not been arranged. but 1t ID said that
the new fier will leave New York at
s:45 a. III. and will arrive in Chicago
at 1850 q. M. the following morning.
making the distance in practically
twenty-four hours. The time given is
that Of the fast mail and the train will
run on the fast mails present schedule.
When the change is effected. the fast
mail will probably be run as a second
section Of the 1ier.
In addition to giving another fast
transcontinental tier. the change will
have the effect of improving the fast
mail service, ms there will no longer be
necessity Of running 81 through sleeper
OH the fast mail. The mail train will
become a strictly fast mail service,
carrying a lighter load and therefore
more capable Of making up lost time.
According to Mr.. Daniels. the new
train will he a %yestibuled Pullman
train, with dining car. buffet and IL
brary cars and new equipments
strictly limited train. The possibility
or probability Of having two limited
twcnty-four hour trains between New
York and Chicago Oh the snlne roads
was not dreamed Of Il few years ago.
High class traffic. however. has in
creased to such n marvellous extent
that the management Of the AXE
Shore and New York Central Is on
WINGED that two such trains will pay.
, The need Of 81 fast New York Chicago
train which would land passengers IN
i. Chicago early In the morning has long
been felt. and Mr.. Daniels believes that
1t will be appreciated by the public.
The new train will be run to connect
with train No. 8 on the Northwestern.
? which leaves Chicago at 10 O'Clock ev-
} cry morning and which will be n
through San Francisco train Oh md
after Nov. 3. The New York Central
, train will have connections from Bos-
ton, SO that the new service will be
only two nights cut from New York or
Boston to Denver, three nights out to
Salt Lake City and four to San Fran.
cisco and Portland,
1t has not been determined whether
the Lake Shore will place in service
an opposite train. but 1t is thought
that this will be done. us 1t Is under
serious consideration. Presumably II
the eastbound uier Is put on It will
leave Chicago about 8 O'Clock In the
morning and arrive In New York about
the same time, OF an hour later by
eastern time. On the new westbound
train an excess fare Of 81 will be
charged. as it will exceed the speed
agreement by four hours.
: The -Four Track News, the New York
C%entral's new monthly publication
prints in it's Inst number some inter
esting railroad intelligence. Among
other things it says that the average
American. statistics show, travels
1000 miles every year ut an expense
Of 500. This is a better showing thai
is made by any other country.
The record for dining car service II
believed to have been broken when
with a party of delegates to a recent
convention in Buffalo ON board, BIS
meals were served at noon on II OF
the New York Central's trains.
In a paper on RAILROAD Rollla.
Stock, Present and Future" read late
" before the British association, Nor
man ID. Macdonald is reported as say
ing: "The New York Central and Hud
son River railroads Empire State ex
press engines, which are Of enormous
size and do 44O miles in eight hour.
and a quarter, are fitted with equallz
ing or c~ompensating levers and prob
ably do the finest heavy express worl
on earth. They will start from deat
at the Grand Central depot in New
York up one in ninety-eight and one
half with any load up to 500 tons ant
be making f%orty-three miles an hour a
the top Of the grade"
Mr.. Macdonald compares this will
his experience of the northeastern loco
motives, which, striking the bank o.
one In 1896 near Dunbar at full speed