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July 14, 1934
Nogales International
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
What is this article about?
New lightweight, streamlined three-car trains for Burlington and Union Pacific railroads achieve 111 mph speeds at low fuel cost, enabling Chicago to Pacific coast trips in two nights and one day, rivaling airplane travel times. Additional trains are being built, potentially obsoleting traditional passenger trains.
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Speedy New Trains
A sort of preamble to the answer of the railroads to the airplane's challenge is seen in two new, light, fast streamlined trains recently built and tested-one for the Burlington and one for the Union Pacific.
Both of these are three-car trains, constructed of a new alloy having the strength of steel but weighing only one-third as much, an entire train being only about the weight of a standard Pullman. A maximum speed of 111 miles an hour against a 32-mile head wind has been attained, at a fuel cost of about one-fifth of that of a three-car steam train.
Officials expect to soon establish a regular schedule requiring only two nights and one day between Chicago and the Pacific coast, or a reduction of the present time by about 40 per cent. Thus a business man making the trip would lose only one day en route, the same as he would lose in traveling by airplane.
Additional new six-car and nine-car trains of the same type are now being built and will be put into service before the end of the year. It is probable that other railroads will adopt similar high-speed trains, with the result that in a few years the present type of passenger train may be entirely obsolete.
A sort of preamble to the answer of the railroads to the airplane's challenge is seen in two new, light, fast streamlined trains recently built and tested-one for the Burlington and one for the Union Pacific.
Both of these are three-car trains, constructed of a new alloy having the strength of steel but weighing only one-third as much, an entire train being only about the weight of a standard Pullman. A maximum speed of 111 miles an hour against a 32-mile head wind has been attained, at a fuel cost of about one-fifth of that of a three-car steam train.
Officials expect to soon establish a regular schedule requiring only two nights and one day between Chicago and the Pacific coast, or a reduction of the present time by about 40 per cent. Thus a business man making the trip would lose only one day en route, the same as he would lose in traveling by airplane.
Additional new six-car and nine-car trains of the same type are now being built and will be put into service before the end of the year. It is probable that other railroads will adopt similar high-speed trains, with the result that in a few years the present type of passenger train may be entirely obsolete.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Streamlined Trains
Railroad Innovation
High Speed Travel
Burlington
Union Pacific
Where did it happen?
Chicago To The Pacific Coast
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Chicago To The Pacific Coast
Event Date
Recently
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Two new lightweight streamlined trains for Burlington and Union Pacific achieve high speeds and low fuel costs, reducing travel time between Chicago and Pacific coast by 40 percent to match airplane efficiency; more trains to be built soon.