The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-11-22
NEW MOTOR CAR SERVICE
INITIAL TRIP OF CAR ON THE
BoNESTEEL RUN.
LEFT THE CITY DEPOT AT 7:3s
Latest Innovation In Passenger Ser
vice is Crowded With Passengers
on Its Trial Trip-Many People VIII
ness the Start From Norfolk.

VICE IL CToWoeu with passengers
on Its Trial Trip-Many People VIII
ness the Start From Norfolk.
few more lines in north Nebraska
railroad history were written Monday
morning when the Northwestern ran
it's first motor car out Of Norfolk.
The new car, at present the only one
in Northwestern service, will run reg
ularly between Norfolk and Bonesteel,
replacing the Bonesteel passenger
added to the north line during the
rush of summer traffic.
Public interest in the new car which
is one of the innovations in modern
passenger transportation, was evil
denced by the big crowd Of Norfolk
people that greeted the new motor
car on its first run into the uptown
station at 1885 a. m.
The capacity of the car was taxed
in its first trip out of Norfolk but
those who boarded the train were
only small part of the crowd at the
depot curious for a glimpse at the lat
est departure from the old time lines
of railroadng.
1t is striking looking car this lat
est motor car manufactured by the
Union Pacific company. long red
steel car with a pointed bill, it re-
sembles the old passenger coach about
as little as its shrill whistle does the
foot" of the old-line locomotive.
The motor car is fifty-fve feet long.
Entrance to the car is through a side
door near the middle of the coach.
The gasoline engine that drives the
car and all other parts of the car ma
chinery are in the front apartment,
entirely separated from the main por-
ton of the coach. The car runs easy,
the vibration of the engine not being
appreciably noticeable.
The "Bonesteel" motor is the best
road service today. The Union Pacific
has eighteen of the cars in service.
The Northwestern car and two 9TH
ers manufactured just before 1t repre-
sent the very latest in motor car con-
struction. And these new cars show
great improvement over the cars first
designed.
The motor car has a comfortable
seating capacity of seventy-nine peo-
Pile. 1t is heated by hot water and
lighted by acetylene gas. A pleasant
feature of the car Is the observation
apartment in the rear of the coach
Two trainmen handle the new car,
conductor and motorman. A. Nc
Gregor of Fremont as conductor and
F. Rainey as Motorman had charge
of the car on its initial trip out OF
Norfolk. Conductor McGregor had
charge of the car during it's success
full trial runs at Fremont and will re-
turn to Fremont as soon as relieved
by the regular conductor.
The new car follows the old time
schedule. 1t has a good speed capac-
ity and during the past month has
been run up to fifty miles an hour on
the Fremont-York line.
The new motor was one feature of
the Northwestern's new time card
which became effective Sunday The
most important feature of the new
card was the abandonment of trains
No. l and 2 west of Long Pine, here
tofore known as the Lander train, and
the consequent changing of the Ian
der service to connect with the Black
Hills train at Chadron.
With the new time card introduced
Sunday, The News adopts the policy
of printing daily the time tables of the
three roads leading out of Norfolk.
This action is taken to meet the re-
quests not only of Norfolk but of north
Nebraska people who make train con-
nections in Norfolk, it being represent
ed that the railroad time table is a
matter of no small convenience to the
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