The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-25

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The New York Central System is
spending $47,O00,0 900 for new rail
and equipment to be delivered in
1916. This sum will be spent for
the purchase of $3.50 freight cars,
20 steam locomotives, five Diesel
switch engines, and 1873, 900 tons OF
new rail. In addition to this outlay,
but not included in the. cost price,
the New York Central will receive
$50 new passenger cars of the Ia
test design, which will be placed
in service on principal trims OPP
Grating between Chicago, Detroit,
Cleveland, indianapolis, New York,
and Boston.
Vista-Dome Coaches
Running time of the Capitol
Limited, premier train of the Bal
t;more and Ohio, already has been
reduced 40 minutes between Wash
ington and Chicago. This line also
will install two new trains, oper-
ating on daylight schedules, be-
tween Washington and Chicago,
and Westinghouse. Louis. The
trains will be made up of luxury
coaches, observation lounge car,
full dining car, and buffet coach
lounge cars. The Washington
Chicago train will have the new
vista-dome style coaches - cars
equipped with a glass roof-so the
passenger may see all sections
through which the train travels.
Along with these completely new
units, the B. & O. has ordered
eight new sleeping cars to be
added to the Capitol Limited.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quin-
cy-first railroad to use the vista
dome car-wills put two new
streamlined trains on the Chicago.
Minneapolis run. Five of the seven
cars in each train will have vista
domes. In collaboration with the
Denver & Rio Grande Western and
Western Pacific, the Burlington
will replace six streamline Cali
fornia Zephyrs in service, operat-
ing daily between Chicago, Den
yer, Salt Lake City and San Fran
cisco. Schedules have not been COM
pleted, but it is certain the trains
will travel through the Colorado
Rockies and the Feather River Can
yon Of California during the day.
light hours. Delivery of ten
1000 horsepower Diesel locomotives
gives the Burlington enough Die
sells now to operate almost all their
principal passenger trains with this
type Of motive power.
A new 12-car Empire Builder,
will operate on a 45-hour schedule
between Chicago and Seattle. This
train. to be operated jointly by the
Great Northern and Burlington,
will cut the present running time
between the two cities by approx
imately IS IL hours. The Empire
Builder will carry modern coaches,
new-type sleeping cars, diner, and
observation lounge. This will
mark the first time Seattle and
Chicago have been directly linked
with streamlined service.
Fast Florida Service
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois
expect to operate a fast Florida
train, carrying all types OF equip
ment, leaving Chicago every third
day during the winter months. A
new, five-hour train between Chi
cago and Evansville, Ind, is to be
placed In service, and a light
weight coach speedster, operating
between Chicago and Thebes, Ill,
on an eight-hour schedule for 1878
miles, is scheduled for early in
auguration.
The Illinois Central alsos will op-
crate every-third-day fast service
to Florida, and daylight, all-coach
Diesel streamliner between Chica-
go and New Orleans is to be placed
in service late in the summer of
1916.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., in
conjunction with the St. Louis
San Francisco Railway, expect de-
livery on a 12-car, Diesel-powered
train during the summer Of 1896
This train, the Texas Special, will
cover the st. Louis-San Antonio run
in II IL hours, compared with the
present 24-hour schedule.
New Links With Texas
The Missouri Pacific has four
new trains on order, and hopes to
have them in service to replace
the present Sunshine Special, by
summer. Two of the trains will
operate between St. Louis and Dali
las, and two others between St.
Louis and San Antonio. The
schedules here, too, call for ap-
proximately eight less hours run
ming time than at present. In adj
dition to these Sunshine Eagles,
the Missouri Pacific will link Hous-
ton-Corpus Christi-Brownsville with
streamliners on fast day schedules,
the first Diesel-powered streamlin-
ers ever operated in this section of
Texas. With the National Rail
ways of Mexico, officials of the MP
are endeavoring to establish an all
coach tourist train between St.
Louis and Mexico City, the train
to make a complete round trip
each week.