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Re:(erielack) RE: 18 hours, Advance 100

In 1957, the Century did its 960.7 miles from 6:00pm EST to 8:45 am CST: 15:45 hours.  The Broadway did 907.7 miles 6:00pm EST to 9:00am CST: 16:00 hours. The Erie Limited ran 998.7 miles from 9:30am EST to 7:55am CST: 23:25 hours.  DL&W/NKP carded 919 miles from 10:35am EST to 7:35am CST: 22:00 hours.

Did the 1963 Lake Cities schedule include the added hour for the time change? The 1957 schedule showed 21:45.

I think an 18-hour freight schedule would be pretty optimistic.

Randy Brown
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18 hours across the EL?  Well yes, on second thought.  In October, 1963, the  Lake Cities ran from Hoboken to Chicago in 20 hours and 55 minutes, via  Scranton. .  A 17 hour  JC-Chicago overnight Pullman run, almost as good as the Broadway and 20th  Century?  Pulled by some kind of huge Erie 4-8-4?

Nah, that would have been a different Erie.  One with lots of $$$ and double  and triple track.

Jim G.


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