The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
TRAINS THEY ARE PROUD or.
CRACKAJACKS WHICH ARE THE
PETS or RAILROAD MEN.
some Famous for Speed. Some for Their
Eauipment-Onc That No
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There are very few big railroads In this
country nowadays that do not have at
least one crack train-a train with a name
that means something TO the many thou
sands who travel a good deal and also
to many thousands of other people who
do not travel so much, but when they
hear a certain whistle say:
There goes the - flyer
There are three things which must b
considered IN talking Of crack TRAINS
said a railroad man. They are speed,
equipment and the distance traversed.
Take the Empire State. the Black Diamond
or any Of half a dozen other great trains.
They go only comparatively short dis
tances and make great time.
Now a man who takes one OF those
trains hasn't really time to appreciate
all the fine points Of equipment. A MAJ
going from New York to Albany wants
speed above all and after that about all
he wants is ordinary comfort and a good
dining car.
"On the other hand. a person going from
New York to Frisco has time to fall In love
with a finely equipped train-the we'll
appointed dining car, the luxurious berths
and staterooms, the pianos, barber shops.
desks, typewriters, baths and all the other
thousand and one things which go toward
making a long journey pleasant.
"The endeavor Of the railroad men.
who appreciate these facts is always TO
make the traveller feel sorry 10 leave ths
train at the end Of the journey. and in very
.,,n,, ,a-aa thoCn Uhn ha va Dlann0d OUT
those trains nave succeeded In doing 1uss
what they had tried 10 do"
The Sunset Limited is as we'll known
as any of the great transcontinental trains.
According to railroad men this train wa
a pet Of the late Coils p. Huntington. and
il is also said that with one single exception
no one ever rode on that train without hand
ing the conductor a ticket paid for in good,
actual money.
The exception was a newspaper reporter
who was stranded somewhere in Texas
on that line of the Southern Pacific, and
in order TO get back 10 write his story
simply had to take the Sunset Limited.
The conductor let him ride only after the
reporter had signed an ironclad Agreements
TO pay in the price Of the ticket at the end
of the run, and the money was paid, al
though the reporter had in his pocket q
pass good for any other passenger train
ON the road.
II was made a rigid rule that no pass
should be honored on that train. As a
matter of fact. all the passes Issued by the
road specifically announced that the holders
could not ride on the big unset Llmiteo
without paying fare.
Other big t~ranscontinental trains, on
any one Of which a traveller can have all
the comforts he wants, are the overland
Limited, the Pacific Coast Limited, the
I--.,... Aal Da,IHn aynrngEnE the Cali
fornia Express and the Chica go and San
Francisco Express.
The crack train of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad il the Black Diamond Express.
Other noted trains are the Federal and
Colonial expresses, between Boston and
Washington, with a ferry ride around
Manhattan: the Lake Shore Limited, the
Limited Fast Mail, the International
| Limited, the Southwestern Express, the
| Fast Mail Of the Michigan Central, the
New York State Special Of the same road,
| the Southern Railways Palm Limited and
| Chicago and Florida Special. the Royal
the Congressional Limited. the Tropical
Limited and the White City Special Of tho
Big Four route.
One of the crack trains 10 the South IL
the F. r. v, or Fast Flying Vrginian.
whose initials are as a parody on rHet
Families of Virginia
The Missouri, kansas and TeIas system
runs the Katy. Flyer, The NashTine.
Chattanooga and St. Louis has the pine
FLYER running between Chicago, St. Louis
and Jacksonville. and a Quick-step
between St. Louis and Atlanta
A train Of which your typical Weeterner
Is proud is the Planters Special. which was
patterned after ideas of j. j. Hill Tho
cafe car alone is said TO have cost s12o 900
and to have been built on plans practically
made up by Mr.. Hill himself. IL is elaoo-
rately decorated with inlaid woods.
The Big Foul system has three specials
.lz.o grI,t ~ mas "a "a the White CltV. the
Rainbow CITY and the knickerbocker.
The Old Colony Railroad, which lost It's
well-havored name through absorption
by the New York, New Haven ana hart-
ford, started a special train on the Caps
Cod division some fifteen or more years
ago for Cape Cod people who wanted To
get from Boston on a fast train; From
the character of its passengers. who wero
limited by a subscription list, the train
soon became known and famous as The
Millionaires' Express or The Flying
Dude" 1t was a new wonder for ths Cape
cranberry pickers and cod fishers.
One Of the Great Northern's fast trains
is the Great Northern Flyer; one OF the
Northern Pacifc's is the Twin City Express.
One of the big railroads has recently
adopted a novel scheme to advertise is
crack train. Every person who inquiries
about the makeup Of the train gets the
whole train on pasteboard, each car being
Ella pictured in sew raj colors on
a separate piece Of the pasteboard.
W Ind II an eNcrllent way OF aoVer@
Using the train" said a ticket agent for
the particular line which runs the train.
The arrangement looks like the things
YOU see in the toy stores, but II Ia very
interesting and | have never seen my.
body throw one Of the sets Of pasteboard
cars away.
we induced one woman 10 take our
train instead Of another train the other
day Just through one of these sets OF plot
ures. know that because She wrote
and told us So
The engine il accurately described In
the first picture. The second piece OF
nasteboard bears a reproduction OF a oom-
posite car, in which space Is found for .
baggage room, barber shop, bathroom.
buffet, smoking room, library and writing
desks. The second car is the ladies' COM
bined parlor and compartment car; the
third a combination car, containing six
berth sections, three compartments and
n drawing room; the fourth Is an ordinary
sleeper-sectiOn car.