The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-15
NEW FAST TRAINS GO INTO SERVICE
 OVER 1. & N. ROAD Heavy Travel Makes It Neces- sary to Operate More
 Trains at Night THROUGH SLEEPER TO NEW YORK BEGINS DEC. 1 Train for North Leaves Birmingham About 12.2O n. m. and Train for
 south Will Leave About
 o'clock n. m.

The trains will be of the same class as the through trains now operated by the Louisville and Nashville, con meeting Birmingham with all points south and north.
 The trains will be known in rail- road circles as No. and No. s. The northbound train will pass Birmine- ham about 12:20 a. m., while the south bound train will pass this city about 3 o'clock a. m. for Montgomery and points south.
 The new service has been contem- plated for some time by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company. but was formally authorized yesterday. T b. Brooks, superintendent of the com pany here, immediately made the an nouncement,
 The approximate sch edules of the two new through trains follow:
 No. s, northbound-
 Leave Montgomery p. m
 Leave Birmingham 1920 a. m.
 Leave Decatur a. m.
 Arrive Nashville ' a. m.
 No. ', northbound-
 Leave Npshvile g D. m.
 Leave Decatur 1 a. m.
 Leave Birmingham 8 a. m.
 Arrive Montgomery a. m.
 Sleeping Car Service
 The sleeping car service of the new trains will be the most accommodatine Q feature for through travellers. This ser vice Will mean first of all that Bir- mingham will have a through sleen- CT to New York on the Louisville and Nashville for the first time in the his tory Of that company's operations fin this district. The New York Nashville sleeping car will be operated through to Montgomery. This will enable BIr- mingham people en route to New York to enter a car here and make no change until the Pennsylvania station in New York Is reached. Coming out of New fork passengers enter the car in New York and get out at Birmingham.
 The local service will be equally as attractive. Birmingham people en route to Nashville or Louisville will enter the car stationed under the shed here at o'clock. Passengers may go tc sleep here. travel to Nashville. oc- cupy the car until o'clock in the morning and leave the car at a con. venient business hour. Coming to Bir. mingham from Nashville the same at. tractive plan will be operated
 The sleeper from Nashville now on tht afternoon train for Birmingham will b, held in Nashville until the late train when It will come on to Birmingham The sleeper now going north on the S:3 D. D1. limited will not leave here until tn, midnight express
 South Alabama Travellers
 The new train which is scheduled f, pass here along about 3 o'clock a. m. vii enable travelling men employed by loca wholesale houses to reach Montgomer, early enough to catch all trains from tha, city, which spread like a network to al points of commercial value In south Ala bama.
 To Birmingham jobbers who are striv. ing to build Birmingham up to the high est point with the buyers, this servict will be of inestimable value.
 The service north bound will be ot equal value. Travellers may reach al points between Birmingham and Nash vile during the most convenient hours and work trade which has not been avail. able to commercial men except through unsatisfactory connections for many years. Huntsville, which has been ou1 of touch with Birmingham. as an exam pie, will be directly connected with Bir- mingham sellers.
 Heavy Travel the Cause
 Tn talking about the new service last night MT. Brooks said the service results from the heavy travel which has been on the increase for several months. He said the Louisville and Nashville has been burdened with excess travel for many months which, although amply cared for, was becoming a grave question with the management.
 The service at night will enable the company to tighten the heavy trains now operating in the day time and place the extra cars on the night service.
 The augmented service will enable pros pective buyers to reach Birmingham at q convenient hour, remain here all day and part of the night and return to their homes during the same evening. It will be in other ways of great value to this city and district.
 With the two new trains the Louis vile and Nashville will be far in the lead of anyss railroad entering here as to the number of trains and frequency of service. The through trains now num- Ter four, while with the two new ones six daily trains will be passing through Birmingham. Tn addition to the through service the company now operates 1( accommodation trains. Half of them come from the south and the other from the north The service connects Bir- mingham with nearly all parts of this state and forms perfect net work into Birmingham.
 The Equipment
 The equipment of the new vestibuled trains will equal the best trains on the Pennsylvania or any other railroad. The sleepers will be standard length drawing room cars They will be constructed of steel and equipped with electric lights. Every berth will have an individual cleo tric globe enabling occupants to read during the evening if they so desire.
 The trains will have the standard Louisville and Nashville reclining chair cars which are always free to travellers on the Louisville and Nashville.
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