The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-01-07
TRAIN SERVICE Of
EUROPE DISRUPTED
Disorganized Railways IL
ustrate Chaos in War
Zone.

HHr has put All Europe ont NJ ORDER
un better illustration of IT'S dlsurgun2+
H'iuu could ho chosen than that uf hts
chaotic railway geography. presenting
uu aspect of disrupted schedules
broken lines. and rrorEuuiznd ruutiugs
NJ thc confusion IN the bcIlircrHir CON
Dn"ut' begins bulletin just issued
hg the National GcogrtphIr society.
Trails Io luxe are mo- longer streak
ing hosts Of Americans over famous
railway routes rich in memories for
the travellers uf every country taking
them tp historic grounds. To curative
springs lu mountain grandeur tu cen
tors of international smHrtncss "a
places for fashionable winter sport.
aud tu Mediterranean resorts fur
sprlnglno and sun I'm winter. The
trains DO luxe Of before the war are no
longer running fur hostile frontiers
rross their network In an directions.
"pf the twelve mos, famed European
express trims only four are still able
10 run The four lines still open are
the Ostcnd-N Vienna express. the Bcr-
knrlshad Maricnhnd express. Il
summer train, the south express
Paris Bordeaux Irun Madrid Lisbon:
ana the Siberian express, Moscow
krusnuiHrek lrkutsk Nladivustek
Service WIS halted indefinitely for the
Nurd express. with its compartments
coming from Paris, Ostcnd and Rrus-
sells wlrlh lett Berlin for Pctrogrnd
and MuscuH. It's sections splitting up
for their respective destinations I'm
Russia AT Warsaw The Nord cN-
press was brilliant European link IN
tho far-spuuning Trans- Siberian rail
way. and. I'm peace times. II pulled out
uf Berlin daily.
Further the popular Bcrlin-Tirol
Numc- Naples and Egyptian express.
whose many section. were always M
ed with travellers beginning about this
time NJ the year has ceased TO opcr-
ate. IT. conductors and engineers
uristpvrpts among European railroad
m"n, with considerable standing In the
hurcuucracics of Germany Austria.
France and Italy are now. in an likcli-
hood, driving endless lines ~ freight
cars through war-scarrcd country, car
rying men and munitions TO the va
rious battle fronts
Tho Orient express WAS the first
express I'm an Europe before the war
q train whose French German and
Austrian sections were not surpassed
10y any other Of tho trains de luxe. II
hns now lost much Of its International
character has changed It's direction
and. In place Of the wealthy and the
renowned It has taken to carrying
soldiers and munitions.
Before the outbreak " the war the
Orient express ran over a line east aud
west now II runs northwest and
southeast II was made up at Paris
and its route was Paris -Strnsshurg-
Munich Vienna Budapest Belgrade
Sofia Constantinople, while one OF its
sections went to Bucharest. The
orient express. probably ran through
more important capitals eight OF them
and bore u more truly International
character than any other train In the
world The stations W this famous
train were marked ny the nutiOnHl
Utttes of peoples. and its way halted at
either end In eurths two foremost his
toric Ccntcrs The Oriental oXprcss
was Europes proudest boasts In inter
national ruiroading, and It represen
ted luxury and comfort brought 10 the
highest point that "a sensitive patron
age could demand
Tho Riviera and Lloyd express has
ceased tu run. This train was made tn
In Amsterdam, Holland. and finished
ils course amid the mild sunshine and
the guicty Of the Riviera II ran
through Utrecht nucsseldorf- Cologne.
RclfOrt Lyon Marseillc Tuulin can
4 nos Nipc-Noutc Carlo, and Mention
| It's German section made MP In Berlin
and Joined The main train nj Frank
, furt-am- Main. The Riviera and IN,
b Lloyd express was winter train, ant
1 English, us the Americans speak II
= was heard us often aboard this cN,
press az was any W the languages o
Europe Conductors portcrs and as
, sistants ON the Riviem way knew IN,
! idlom OF our countrymcn. their way,
4 and their generosity
! "The Paris Karlshad express hal
. stopped The Peninsula express,
4 speedy train through France, where /
4 rivals the Paris Mursci'c and the cal
a ais Basle Expresses, still has clen
= way on that stretch wherein II 4
b known as the Peninsula express be
tween Calais and Brindisi It's Dutcl
, and German sections, coming from
: Rotterdam and Berlin, however ARE II,
t, longer riding behind H. The Pctru
4 grad Vienna Nice express and tn
y Christians Paris express, have. also
had their schedules cancelled by IN
war for nn Indefinite time practl
. cally all ~ the Black Diamond. Hnpir
gtutp and 1,Vputtgtn cvnrnugou az Ion