Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-07
BIGGEST TRAIN
CUT IN HISTORY
OF RAILR0AD|NG
Travel Almost Impossible Ex'
Cept on Urgent Business
Will Save 500 Tons of
Coal Daily.
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cihc Limited in the days of private
ownership.
The crack Rocky Mountain Linz
tied of the Rock Island railroad is
entirely eliminated between Omaha
and Denver, but will continue be-
tween Omaha and Chicago, as trains
Nos. 7 and 8. Trains Nos. Is and ID
between Chicago. Omaha and Lin
coin are cut off on the Rock Island,
and No. 5Q2 and and No 9, Omaha
10 Des MONIES, are eliminated.
Trains No 81 and No. So between
Omaha and Wichita are also re-
moved on the Rock Island. Rock
Island train No. 6, between Denver
and Chicago, will make local stops.
|- Cut One Third.
Railroad officials here say the cut
will be about one-third of normal
service. East and west main line
service on the Burlington and Union
Pacific lines are little changed, ex-
cept that the through trains will
handle local business, Tightening
time between Omaha and Ogden and
Omaha and Denver. Running time
win be heightened from half to two
hours on these trains.
The Burlington railroad, with
about 20 branch line trains, mostly
in Nebraska, discontinued, is re-
duced to almost a wartime schedule.
Discrimination of Burlington
trains No. and No. s between
Omaha ard Lincoln; Nos. % and a,
Omaha and Lincoln. and Nos. u
and Fl between Omaha and Kansas
City, are regarded as most important
from local standpoint.
The Northwestern's OILS p. n.
trains for the Twin cities, known
as No. 201 and No. 202, are to be
removed. The Great Western will
handle that traffic. The North
western has an earlier train for the
Twin Cities, leaving at GAS p. m,
which will be continued.
The Omaha line will take off its
trains Nos. 8 and 4 between Oma-
ha and Sioux. City, from the Web
ster street station, and No. 6, which |
runs on Sunday only.
Annulment of four passenger
trains of the Omaha division of the
Missouri Pacific was announced. |
They are Nos. 1917 and 108 afternoon
trains between Kansas City and
Omaha, Nos. 101 and 1902 between
Kansas City and Atchison and two
trains between Lincoln and Union,
Neb.
Save 500 Tons Daily.
H. J. Plumhof, assistant to the
federal manager of the Union Pa
cific railroad, estimated that 500
tons OF coal will be saved each day |
during the temporary curtailment |
of service on the Union Pacific.
Trains Nos. IS and 6 on the Union
Pacific will be operated in one sec
ton only between Council Bluffs
and North Platte. The following
Union Pacific trains will be discon-
tinued: @
Nos. 3 and 10, North Platte
Green River locals; Nos. % and "a,
Columbus-Albion locals; Nos. IS
and 46, between Beatrice and Val
paraiso; Nos. sos, 500, 507 and SOB, |
between Lincoln and Central City;
Nos. IS and sc, between St. Paul,
Neb., and Pleasanton; Nos. 107 and
l0S, between Kansas City and juno
ton City; Nos. and 2, between
Grand Island and St. Joseph.
Railroad motor service will be
substituted for the following trains:
% and SO, Grand Island-Ord; AZ and
4S, Lincoln Valparaiso; 81, 5lS, SIG
and $40, Kearney-Stapleton.
Trains 500 and $40, between
Genoa and Spaulding, will be OPP
Grated three times a week. /
Six trains have been discontinued
in the Kansas division of the Union
Pacific. |
No instructions have been re
ceived here to discontinue dining
car service, but exclusive observa-
ton and parlor cars will be taken
off. =
Local officials of the Chicago, St.
Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha rail-
road have received notice from the
United States railroad administra-
ton, that the following trains will
be temporarily discontinued:
No. 201 from Minneapolis, arriv-
ing at Omaha at 7:45 p. M; No. 2O2,
leaving Omaha OILS p. m. for Min
trains No. 8, q and 6 BE-
tween Omaha and Sioux City; trains
Nos 9 and 10 between Sioux City
and South Norfolk
The Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul railroad announced that in ad-
dition to service already suspended
during the war, trains No. II and 3,
between Manila-Ia., and Omaha,
will be discontinued Monday, leav-
ing one train each way daily be-
tween these points.
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