Show HALF CENTURY BRINGS e. e c- c c ID DEVELOPMENT IS MARVELO MAR VELO Its It's s 's a long cry in irs the railroad world from 1865 to the present day from the point of development Those Thos who have been identified with the railroads of the tile country during that period h have ve seen wonder upon wonder won won- von i der ler improvement upon improvement come come in such rapid succession that they have forgotten to bridge the years and can scarcely realize the marvelous advances that have been made in the last half century A graphic picture of this development development development develop develop- I ment can be had only by contrasting the railroad equipment and methods of that day with those in use today I I Po E E. To F F. Mn McDaneld I Jud Judge n b build u ild Po E E. To F F. Mn McDaneld I Jud Judge n b build u ild ge building ing general agent traffic department Chicago Alton railroad has re received receIved re- re from the general offices of the company a folder which shows in realistic manner the transformation time has brought to the railroad business Describes bes Funeral Train This folder reproduces a photograph photograph photo photo- graph of the funeral train operated Photo Photo-I May tay 2 2 1865 to carry the the body of ot Abraham Lin Lincoln from Chicago td tO I Springfield Contrasted with that picture is one of a modern Chicago r Alton locomotive of the type the weight of which in iii working order is I 1 pounds and the tender weight weights i Is' Is s pounds making a total w weight ight of pounds This lo locomotive locomotive lo- lo I is 77 feet 8 inches in length i 1 and is 15 feet 1 inch In height The passenger locomotives operated today by the Chicago Alton Aiton railroad are capable of hauling a train of ten steel coa coaches hes at a speed of of seventy-five seventy miles the hour Old Time Card Shown Jn In contrast with this th the time card of the Lincoln funeral train is given The distance between Chicago and Springfield is miles The funeral train rain left Chicago at 9 30 o'clock at atI I night Ig May 2 2 1865 and reach reached d i I I Springfield at 6 30 o'clock tl th I morning making a little les t twenty and two thirds miles an The rules under which that was operated w were were re signed by R ROl Hale then general superintends tile the road They are reproduced d follows s fi I 1 The following Instructions u rl be observed for the above l 1 All other trains on this must be kept thirty minutes our bUI 01 the way of the time of this 2 2 All telegraph stations mu must mut kept open during the passage of oft qt train J I 3 A guard with one red rAd and 1111 n i I r I 1 3 A guard with one red rAd and 1111 n i white light will be stationed a at road crossings by night and wj wt white flag draped by day or i af daylight on Wednesday morning J 4 A pilot engine will run run run-j this time which Is to be the funeral train ten minutes be bob beh 5 5 Pilot engine must not pas' pas 1 station Unless a white 1 by y day or one red and one whitey white i iby by y night shall be exhibited w wI wI- will signify that the funeral to 11 I Ihas has passed the nearest telegraph telegraphs tion In the absence of said sign the pilot engine will stop until II ci III nite information is received in ingard in ingard gard to the funeral train 6 The funeral train will pass pas stations slowly at which time the theof 1 of the locomotive must be tolled By order of Brevet Drev t Brigadier Ceral G C eral D. D C. C McCullum l Second divisi in charge of military railroads |