Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-11
SERVICE
FOR TRAVELLERS
ON new TRAIN
Great Northern Uses Latest
Equipment Between Butte
LewistOWn.

For many moons the traveller be-
tween Butte and LeWistown coughed
through the tunnels on the Great Nor
therH and cursed the fates that sent
him On such an excursion. Uncomfort-
able cars, sputtering lights and cinders
galore have made the trip about as
much a pleasure as riding on the pro-
verbal slow RATHER through Arkansas.
No more! No. 237, with Conduct
or Guy Huestis punching the paste
boards, left Great Falls for the min
ing city Friday with equipment such.
that the inter-city commuter would
have scarcely recognized. Needing the
long suffering of a travelling public. the
Great Northern has at last crashed
through with a train which makes the
long daylight journey a real comfort.
A cafe car is the big feature of the
new equipment. With a length and
weight which insures easy riding over
the roadbed, this cafe car is fitted in a
in none of the crack transcontinental
trains of any of the roads. 1t replaces
the dining and parlor car aecommoda-
tons which have been the rule for sew
eral years on the run.
Observation Car.
Beginning at the rear of the car,
there is a seating compartment which
will carry at least L. passengers. This
is known as the observation end, and has
comfortable leather chairs. Forward
of this is a large smoking compartment,
with room for a dozen worthy patrons
of the weed to ride l~uxuriously es-
consced in leather upholstered chairs.
A few steps more forward brings n
into the dining compartment. The low
er woodwork here is of mahogany fin
ish with q cream colored enamel fin
ish above and on the ceiling. A rich
green rug lies underfoot, with heppel
chairs with green upholstering around
the tables.
The dining service is to be operated
on the cafe plan. insuring meals at
whatever hours ma suit the passen-
gers appetite. Two cooks are on shift
at all hours in the large, well equipped
kitchen, and a pair of walters are ready
to transport steaming orders from kit
chen to table. The second waiter will
also be on duty as porter In the rear
end of the ear. In charge of all the
personnel is a steward.
Electric lights prevail throughout
the train, the power coming from 8
dynamo up in the baggage car, which
is a con- bination carrier for baggage.
mail and the power plant of the train.
Modern light fixtures have been in
stalled in the cafe car, insuring plenty
of illumination without glare. And not
only good light but also good air is
made certain by the triple windows or
the car, which are adequate to forbid
the sootladen smoke which the ordin-
airy cars absorb i'll traversing the long
tunnel stretches.
Four-car Train
II
the new arrangement permits running
the Lewistown-Butte train as a four
instead of a five car train, since the
cafe car fulfiIls all the requirements of
both a parlor and dining car. The
train being lighter, there will be the
better chance, particularly through the
winter months, of keeping to schedules
and on time. Furthermore, no time
will have to be lost, switching parlor
cars and diners on and off, as has been
necessary in the past. There will also
be considerable saving in fuel con-
sumed on the run. The day coaches to
be used on the run have also been
changed, new and better cars being put
on the run, so that the entire train is
far ahead of what has been.
The first cafe car. which left at
2.o5 Friday afternoon from here had
S. NJ. Reich as steward in charge. He
will have charge of the car on all runs.
The train leaving Butte at 500 q. N.
every morning for Lewistown viii carry
the same equipment, two of these cafe
cars having been received IN the 6-
vision.
New dining cars, just turned out of
the st. Paul shops, are also on the
division and will be used on Trains go
and 236, running between Butte and