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Williams to Winslow. - Engine 485, Rhode Island ten-wheeler. Engineer D. A. Lenhart. Distance, 92.2 miles. Time, 2 hours 11 minutes. Average speed 42.1 miles per hour. Grades undulating. Maximum, 95 feet per mile ascending, 75 feet descending.

Winslow to Gallup. - Engine 1000, Baldwin compound Prairie type. Engineer J. F. Briscoe. Distance, 128 miles. Time, 2 hours 35 minutes. Average speed, 49.4 miles per hour. Grades ascending, average for entire distance 12.9 feet per mile. Maximum, 32 feet per mile.

Gallup to Albuquerque. - Engine 478, Rhode Island ten-wheeler. Engineer H. J. Rehder. Distance, 157.8 miles. Time 3 hours 12 minutes. Average speed, 49.4 miles per hour. Grades undulating. Maximum, 53 feet per mile.

Albuquerque to Las Vegas. - Engine 1211, Baldwin Pacific type (illustrated below). Engineer Ed. Sears. Distance, 132.2 miles. Time, 3 hours. Average speed 44 miles per hour. Helper engine, Lamy to Glorieta, 9.8 miles. Delayed Lamy, 7 minutes; Glorieta, 2 minutes. Maximum ascending grade, 158 feet per mile.

Las Vegas to Raton. - Engine 1208, Baldwin Pacific type. Engineer G. Norman. Distance 110.8 miles. Time, 2 hours 12 minutes. Average speed, 50.5 miles per hour. Delayed Springer, 4 minutes, water. Grades undulating. Maximum, 75 feet per mile.

Raton to La Junta. - Engine 1215, Baldwin Pacific type. Engineer H. Gardiner. Distance, 104.5 miles. Time, 2 hours 17 minutes. Average speed, 46.2 miles per hour. Helper Raton to Trinidad, 23 miles. Maximum grade, 175 feet per mile. Delayed Trinidad, 2 minutes; Timpas, 3 minutes, hot box on diner.

La junta to Syracuse. - Engine 536, Baldwin Balanced compound Atlantic type (illustrated below). Engineer David Lesher. Distance, 100.8 miles. Time, 1 hour 35 minutes. Average speed, 63.7 miles per hour. Grade descending, average 8.2 feet per mile.

Syracuse to Dodge City. - Engine 531, Baldwin Balanced compound. Engineer H. Simmons. Distance, 101.6 miles. Time, 1 hour 38 minutes. Average speed, 62.2 miles per hour. Grade descending, average 7.2 feet per mile. Delayed Hartland, 5 minutes, broken triple on engine.

Dodge City to Newton. - Engine 530, Baldwin Balanced compound. Engineer E. Norton. No. 530 knocked out a cylinder head at Kent. Thence to Newton, 26 miles, train was hauled by Engine 1095, Baldwin Compound Prairie type, with sixty-nine inch wheels. Engineer Halsey. Total distance, 153.4 miles. Time, 2 hours 39 minutes. Average speed, 57.9 miles per hour. Grades generally descending, average 6.7 feet per mile. Delayed St. John, 7 minutes, water and oil; Kent 4 minutes, changing engines.

Newton to Emporia. - Engine 526, Baldwin Balanced compound. Engineer H. Rossiter. Distance, 73.1 miles. Time, 1 hour 10 minutes. Average speed 62.6 miles per hour. Grades light and generally descending.

Emporia to Argntine. - Engine 524, Baldwin Balanced compound. Engineer J. Gossard. Distance, 120.2 miles. Time, 2 hours 10 minutes. Average speed, 57.3 miles per hour. Grades short and undulating, track almost level, Topeka to Argentine, 62 miles. Lost about 14 minutes owing to reduced speed through yards, etc.


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