Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-06

It's almost dead level and almost
dead straight. / drove it one night
in 50 minutes. The fastest running
time in that drive was "a miles an
hour. They registered that speed in
old man Harahan's private car,
which was on the train.
az made another run that the boys
talked about a right smart. 1t was
when DR.. Crenshaw, the dentist,
who's dead now, wanted to make
special run to Montgomery to catch
train for New Orleans to reach the
bedside of a member of his family
who was dying.
HE chartered. a car and an en-
CINE, and the boss put me on it with
orders to ball the jack, and we had
a clear track and no stops to make,
and we balled the jack.
From Atlanta to Montgomery is
| 175 miles. took DR.. Crenshaw
there in two hours and so minutes.
You can figure that out for yourself.
| It's an average of about so miles an
hour, including the slow running
+ through the yards.
"Dr. Crenshaw caught his train to
New Orleans"
But there was one other run that
| Mr.. McWaters didn't tell the report
| ers about-perhaps for the reason
! that it resulted in his getting a
! speed limit put on him. Joe Bill
| Iups told us about it. ...
"Mr. Mack" he said (this being
the name the old engineer goes by
on the West POINT. was handling
one of the runs on the New York
New Orleans limited. Engineer Nc
| Donald had started out of here late
one night and made the run to Mont
gomery in three hours and fifteen
minutes. The news of that run
spread all over the road. The boys
were all talking about it. Pretty
soon afterwards, Mr.. Mack left out
of here one night about an hour late
from waiting on connection.
PilOted Fastest Trains
'The old man took that monster
train from here to Montgomery in
2 hours and SO minutes, arriving
there practically on time. That
was an average Of about SO miles
an hour, including slow running in
yards and including all stops.
The boss decided he'd better put
on a speed limit" ;...
Mr.. McWaters used to have a run
on trains known as "37' and 49,"
They were fast mail trains on the
| West Point. The federal govern
ment was then paying big bonus
for a fast mail schedule from New
York to New Orleans. The Pennsyl-
vania handled the train from New
York to Washington; the Southern
from Washington to Atlanta; the
West Point from here to Montgom-
cry; the Louisville and Nashville
from there to New Orleans.
The train consisted of mail cars
and one passenger coach. 1t had a
regular schedule better than SO
miles an hour. Mr.. McWaters
pulled a train on that run for years.
Then he pulled a train on the New
York-New Orleans Limited run for
several years.
He now has a run which is not so
fast or so hard. Being the senior
engineer, he has the right to pick
any run he wants. He picked the
day run between Atlanta and Mont
gomery. He leaves here in the
morning at $50 and arrives in
Montgomery at 2:15 p. m. The next
day he leaves there in the morning
at $50 and arrives here at 2:15. 1t
is local train and a moderate
schedule. On this run Mr.. Nova
ters is at home every other night
He lives at 447 East Fair street
and. has seven children-four sons
and three daughters-all of whom
are grown. He is. sprightly man
in spite of his age and he handles
a locomotive like Barney Oldfield
handles a racing automobile.