The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-06
INITIAL RUN OF
PAN-AMERICAN
FAST PASSENGER
Local Delegation Gives En-
thusiaStic Reception to
New Enthusiastically
All BerthS Taken


fast passenger train between
Cincinnati and New Orleans at
the Louisville and Nashville
depot last night at I0s25 o'clock,
when IT made itG debut to the
Birmingham public. crowd OF
over I,0OO people was on hand
to extend greetings to the PATH
finding party and the new train.
Tho train II scheduled to arr
rive in Birmingham at 1920 and
depart at 1921. and the few min
ute~' behind time arrival last
night was made mp between Bir-
mingham and Montgomery.
Special report showed that all
the drawing rooms and upper
berths and 70 per cent of the
lower berths hnd been engaged
before teaching here.
The personnel of the path-find-
ing party WAS augmented here by
the Birmingham contingent, for
whom a special Pullman had been
reserved.
1t Is called the "million- dollar
train and deserves the appellation.
The dining car alone cost $4,000.
There are four sleepers and two par
lor cars on each train, and three sets
of equipment are provided for smooth
operation Of the schedules.
There are 10 engines fitted with au-
l,tomatic stokers. These and the par
lor cars were built by the Louisville
and Nashville In its South Louisville
shops.
On rear Of the. train and on each
side of the engine cab electric signs
/ i. H..x
inside and out.
1t is an entirely new train. 1t does
not take the place OF a train already
| operated, but ia an addition to long
established and luxurious service be-
| tween the Queen and the Crescent
cities. With this addition, Birming-
ham now has four daily through
| trains on the Louisville and Nashville
to Louisville, Nashville and Cincin-
natl and three daily through trains
between Birmingham and Mobile
Pensacola and New Orleans.
The new train, by the way, is to
stop at Decatur. This will make four
stops In Alabama to one each in Ohio
Tennessee and Louisiana. and two In
Kentucky.
Stops after leaving Cincinnati are
as follows: Louisville, Bowling Green
i Ito let off. Memphis sleeper), Nash.
Vile, Decatur. Birmingham, Mont
| gomery. Mobile. and New Orleans
Pensacola sleeper will be let off Al
/ Flomaton.
The Pan-American will be ideal for
tourist travel. Travel for the west
will be shunted at Bowling Green
| for Memphis. travel to Florida will
be shunted at Flomaton and travel to
the southwest and Pacific coast will
make connections at Mobile.
The Pan-American will serve trav-
elers going west, south, southwest
and southeast. But it is not a tour
list train. 1t Is a permanent one. II
is what they call a "four-season'
train. 1t does not go on during holt
day and tourist travel periods and
then take a rest but 1t Is here tc
stay.
SOUTH said o. L. Bum, manager oil
the Chamber of Commerce. speaking
| OF the Pan-American. THE Louis
Vile and Nashville management has
always had an eve to the future anc
has never made a mistake in provid-
ing for the needs of the future.
predict immediate as well as perma.
nent success for the an-American.'
! ION time" was the word flashed
down the line as the Pan-Americar
moved from the starting point al
| Cincinnati. At Decatur the official.
of the city and representatives of the
civic organizations gave enthusiastic
welcome and this was the report al
along the line.
| Speaking of the Pan-American. the
management makes this officia
| statement:
New I'm Every Respect
THE Pan-American is not an ole
| service improyed--it is in every re,
spect new--the train service is al
addition to existing service and ths
/ equipment is brand new from the al
builders. having been built especiall,
for this train.
The equipment OF the Pan-Ameri.
| can is all-steel assuring the max.
mum of safety, is of the latest ant
most attractive design and Is tn,
finest which modern car building
can produce.
This new train offers the tour
list and business man greatly i'm
proved facilities and service for visit
ing the large cities of the centra
south. most of which are located oil
the main line of the Louisville ans
Nashville and over which this trail
runs.
THE dining car service on tn,
Louisville and Nashville has Ions
been noted for its excellence. blu
with new features provided on tn,
diners of the Pan-American 1t 1,
hoped to improve even this higl
standard. One of these features Il
the elimination of the car platforms
the space thus saved being utilized
to provide additional seating capaci
ty. thus assuring more expedition
and satisfactory service.
THE observation car is anothe
feature designed to promote the com
fort and pleasure OF the passenger
and is especially desirable In view O.
the beauty and variety of the seen
cry en- route. particular feature o
which is the famous gulf coast sec
ton between Mobile and New Or
leans.
Large birmingham Party
A large Birmingham party 1.
aboard the initial PAN American
train. Following is its personnel:
r. H. Cunningham. Ingersoll-Rant
company; w. H. Manley, cashier Biz
mingham Trust and Savings com
pany; Ex-Governor Emmett ONeal
referee in bankruptcy: A. w
Carey, traffic manager Tennesse
Coal. Iron and Railroad company
e. B. Winslow, auditor Tennessee,
Coal. Iron and Railroad company
]. Gilmore, manager OF sale
American Steel and Wire company
Knox A. Conville, traffic manage
Pratt Consolidated Coal company an,
two other members of this company