The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-08-08
THOMPSON SPECIALS
BURNED UP RAILS

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Ticket Selling Talks" a breezy
handbili gotten out by The Santa Pc
passenger department. under direction
OF J. NJ. Connel, general passenger
agent. AT Topeka. contains a review OF
the incidents OF the Thompson spec
ials. which were run over the Santa
Pc to and from Ration several week.
ago.
The review follows:
Three special ain ordered In one
week Is the record established by A.
u. Thompson. a wealthy grain opera
tor OF Duluth. While in Montreal he
received word that his son Adam was
very ~ on a ranch neal Ration. Mr..
Thompson Immediately made ar
ranRements by wire with Mr.. Black in
Chicago for "a special train to carry
Dr. Wilbur Post. a Chicago special
LIST. 10 his son. The stipulation was
that the run should be made In 20
hours or at the average speed of
about As miles per hour. At 2:i5
y. m. on July : the train left Chicago.
IL arrived IN Ration at l0s40 a. m
July \, having covered the distance
of l,O93.3 miles in 20 hours ana 30
minu.cs-four hours and ten minutes
better thar the agreement. The
average speed per hour was 524
miles.
ON July g, Mr.. Thompson himself
arrived In Chicago and chartered a
special which left AT g:3O the same
morning. orders were 10 MAKE all
speed consistent with safety. The
men pulling the second special were
out To beat the record of the first.
which they did by fourteen minutes.
The train arrived al Ration, 5:20 a.. m,
July .. having attained an average
speed OF SO miles per hour.
The time with these trains was not
SO fast as hat made by the scott
special in 1905, but II must be remem-
bered thar the scott special was run
ming down hill, while these trains had
10 buck the grade which helped
"Sc0tty."
The scott special ran from Ration
to Chicago In 10 hours and IS min
utes. at an average speed Of b6.6 miles
per hour.
ON July 70. Mr.. Thompson left
Ration with his son on a third special
Tor Chicago. II was thought best 20
take the young man east before op-
Grating. En- route his condition grew
worse and the special was
Mt Kansas City, where the operation
wns performed az 81. Luke's hospital
The third train made a record on
the Western division, covering the
distance between Dodge CITY ana
! Partridge. 1898 miles. In 81
AT an average speed Of 72.s miles per
hour. Between Macksville md bih-
wvn a speed Of s3.5 miles per hour
was attained. The 1891 miles De
tween Dodge City and Newton were
covered IN is9 minutes. al an aNer"se
spccd Of 57.7 miles per hour.
Twenty-four minutes were lost IN
nccouut of a hot pin on one OF the
engine drivers. Deducting this dead
lime Il IL figured that the average
speed over the division was ss miles
per hour. -.
This run BEAT the lime Of he Scott
speciei between Dodee City and View
ton hy ten minutes
The pamphlet also tells about the
.oo time" record Of the c~aiitorhl"
limited, as follows;
Durinr the month Of May. 1914
The Callfarnif@umited arrived on ''Nn'
al Los Angeles and chicago terminals
/ nuv-uine out or a possible nN'y-'~u
times. Il ran 1891 miles rlsht on
The dot, crossing -four eontneh,n'
mountain ranges and requiring even
teen engines for each s'2ss mile
Journey. o
In the same period the other ,hf,e
! california trains each averaged 49,
7Hg On-time miles
Total on-time mileage. tour tia'n.
ono month. E3i,7T2. or more IMAM -
times around the earth
r,,,z Ma,sel. az the Yankees, Is the