The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-24
TRAIN START SOON
Santa Fe Demonstration Cars
Leave Topeka Sept. Ia.
Initial Trip From Argentine to
Albuquerque.
OUT FOR TWO WEEKS
Nearly All Lines in Kansas Will
Be Covered.
In Topeka for Two Days During
the State Fair.
UT FOR TWO WEEKS

The big Santa Fe demonstrs ton
train.-the train that will portray tie
old and the new methods of railroad
travel and equipment.-will leave To-
peka Sunday night, September II, for
Argentine, where the route thr0ugd
Kansas and the southwest begins.
The schedule for the first trip OF this
train viii include all of Kansas with
the exception of a few branch lines,
down through parts of Oklahoma and
Texas and into Albuquerque, N. NJ. The
train leaves Argentine September Is for
the first trip. Other routes through
other state will be arranged later.
Before this demonstration train
leaves Topeka it will be exhibited near
the Santa Fe depot to the state fair
crowds on the last days Of state fair
week. Tt will arrive in Hutchinson
during the fair in that city, the week
after it is seen in Topeka
The train is being assembled in the
Topeka shops by the mechanical Of
ficers in charge. John Purcell superin-
tendent of shops, expects to have all
the equipmentt in Topeka before the
state fair in September. AS soon as
this equipment is gathered the train
will be stationed for two days at the
Santa Fe station in Topeka.
1il0 Ol0 ana TIC new.
In the train will be IA cars and two
engine, the old and the new style of
railroad equipment One locomotive
will be the 5000, just built in the To-
peka shops This engine is the largest
in the world and is one of several that
have been built in this city in the last
few months. The other engine, th3 047,
is the old wood burner type-the first
used on the Santa Fe out of Topeka.
The old and new flat car, box car,
furniture car, coal car smoker, coach,
and way car will be exhibited also. In
comparaison with the new steel large
capacity cars of today will be the small
wooden sway back cars of long ago.
In addition the many conyeniences ac-
corded the passenger of today will be
compared with the conveniences given
to the passengers years ago.
VIII Show New Devices.
The Santa Fe will have several other
features in connection with this train.
Couplers. switches, automatic block
signals and other devices will be shown.
One of the old 52-pound rails on a
dirt roadbed will be placed by the side
of a 9O-pound rail on a rock ballast
rOadbed with concrete ties.
No private cars will be carried on
this train. The officials will stay at the
hotels in the towns where they spend
the night. The train Will stop at every
town along the route. In the smaller
lOWliS Ouiy q lew minutes anu III Tie
cities for some time. The big Mallet
engine will furnish the motive power.
On account of the great size of this
locomotive. the Santa Fe cannot run
the demonstration train over all Of it's
lines. The engine is too big for turn
tables. for some of the bridges and
for unballasted track.
The list of officials who viii be on
the trip has not been made up. The
general manager of the district and the
general superintendent will be there.
The division superintendents on their
divisions. also experts who viii give
facts about the big engine and the
smaller one.
The train starts out of Argentine
Monday morning, September IS. The
first days run will reach to Emporia.
The second days run will be from EN-
poria to Newton The third day. from
Newton TO Kinsley- Then back to Great
Bend and Hutchinson and to Newton
for Friday night. Saturday night the
train will be in wellington.
1t will run on down through Wichita,
Amarillo. Clovis and to Alburque. The
entire trip will take about two weeks.