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By WILLIAM S PERKINSReleased PERKINSReleased PERKINS PERKINSReleased ( Released by Western Newspaper Union ) NEW YORKSpeedmg YORKSpeeding YORK -Speedmg Speedmg -Speeding Speeding - - Speeding across Nevada the other mght night nighta mghta a glistening glIstemng streamlined streamlmed train tram struck the rail which a de demented demented demented mented Twentydied saboteur had purposely moved out of position Twenty dIed and three score were injured mJured injuredin in m the ensuing ensumg wreck , but butthis butthis butthis this tragedy nevertheless focused a national spotlight on the thestndes thestrides thestrides stndes strides American Amencan railroading rallroadmg has made these past few years Blazing Blazmg yearsBlazing yearsBlazmg a pioneer s path across the continent contment modermsm modernism modermsmand modernismand modernismand and speedm speedin speed in m rail transportation have caused the public to torespondwIth torespondwith torespond respond-wIth respond wIth respondwIthcash pocketThis - with cash out of its pocket This encouraging encouragmg state of affairs is indicated mdicated by the recep hon tion reception recephon given the lightweight streamlined streamlmed streamlmedumt streamlinedunit unit umt railroad tram train tramand trainand trainand and its more frequent encountered step brother the mod modermzed modernized modermzed ermzed ernized standard train tram as these mile a minute mmute innovations mnovatIOns of ir American Kinencan progress near neartheir near'their neartheir ' theIr fifth year ofaccom of accom accomplIshed accomplished accomplished plIshed factFIve factFive fact factFive Five years ago there was waslOt wasnot wasnot /lOt lOt not / a single smgle streamlined train tram tramof trainof trainof -of of - of either the unit umt or mod modt.rruzed modtrmzed modermzed t.rruzed trruzed trmzed . ' vanety-m vanety m variety-in variety in variety - in serVIce serVIceon serviceon serviceon on all the quarter mllhon million mllhonmIles millionmiles millionmiles mIles of American Amencan raIlway raIlwaywhIch railwaywhich railwaywhich whIch make up one third of ofthe ofthe ofthe the worlds world s total it appears appearsfrom appearsfrom appearsfrom from statistics issued by the theAssocIatIon theAssociation theAssociation AssocIatIon of Amencan American AmencanRaIlroads AmericanRailroads AmericanRailroads AmericanRailroadsToday RaIlroads RaIlroadsToday Today , their rise nse to popu populanty popularity populanty lanty larity has been so meteonc meteoric meteoncthat meteoricthat meteoricthat that we accept them as a common commonfact commonfact commonfact fact And by the t me two all alum alummum alummum alummum mum streamlined streamlmed units now bemg being bemgbUIlt beingbuilt beingbuilt bUIlt for Missouri Pa Pacific cmc are dellv deliv dellvered delivered delivered ered there will be nearly 100Just 100Just 100 100Just Just to prove that it pays to give givethe givethe givethe the American Amencan people what they theywant theywant theywant want every streamlined streamlmed train oper operatmg operating operatmg atmg ating in 10 the United Umted States has in 10 its itsshort itsshort itsshort short lifetime 1Jfetlme produced additional additionalpassenger additionalpassenger additionalpassenger passenger traffic and substantial substantialearnmgs substantialearnings substantialearnings earnmgs earnings for the road placing placmg it 10 in 10service inservice inservice service Operating Operatmg records of these thesetrams thesetrains thesetrains trams trains show that on virtually every everyrailroad everyrailroad everyrailroad railroad on which they have been beenIntroduced beenintroduced beenintroduced Introduced theirnet their thell ' net earnings earmngs have havebeen havebeen havebeen been from halt half to three-quarters three quarters - - of ofthe ofthe ofthe the gross with the gross earnings earningsnsmg earningsrising earningsrising nsmg rising steadily steadlly steadilySpeed steadllySpeed Speed Startles a Nation Yet it was not until February 12 121934 1934 that Amer Amcr cans got their first firstglimpse firstglimpse firstglimpse glimpse of a real streamlmer streamliner streamlmerThat streamlinerThat streamlinerThat That was when Union Umon Pacific s all allalum allalum allalum alum num . City of Salina Salma began beganItS beganits beganits ItS 13000 13 000 mile nat on wide tour It Itseems Itseems , seems incredible that cit Clt zens of the theU theU theU , U S better accustomed to speedy speedytram speedytram speedytram tram travel than any other mhabl inhabi mhabltants inhabitants inhabitants tants of ot the earth would make up upparties upparties upparties parties to drive dnve down to the tracks tracksand tracksand tracksand and watch the trains trams go by but th s swas swas swas was the common th ng with the ad advent advent advent vent of ot the earliest streamlmers streamliners streamlmersThe streamlinersThe streamlinersThe The Burlington Burlmgton s first stainless stamless steelZephyr steel steelZephyr i steeli i wenti Zephyr was completed and went wenton wenton wenton on tour in m May of the same yearBoth yearBoth year yearBoth Both these streamlined streamlmed trams trains tramswere trainswere trainswere were of the unit classification wh ch chengendered chengendered chengendered engendered the real revolution revoluhon 10 in 10present inpresent inpresent present day railroad travel . That Thatis Thatis I IIS IS to say engineering engmeermg pr nc pies m mvolving mvolving involving volving new standards of 1 I ghtness ghtnessspeed ghtnessspeed ghtnessspeed speed and safety and thus blazmg blazing blazmgnew blazingnew blazingnew new trails for the roads to follow followreqUIred followrequired followrequired reqUIred that the new trains trams be op operated operated operated erated as selfcontamed self contained contamed units UOitS whIch whichcould whichcould 'Quld Quld could ( ' not be broken up and mter inter mterspersed interspersed interspersed spersed with the old existing eXlstmg equIp equIpment equipmeat equipment equipmentIdea ment meat mentIdea meatIdea Idea Spread QUIcklyPreviews QuicklyPreviews Quickly QuicklyPreviews Previews of ot the two pioneer trams trains tramsat trainsat trainsat at the Century of Progress exposl exposi exposit exposlt t on in 10 Chicago scored an Immedl immedi Immedlate immediate immediate ate hit that was not to be mml mini mmlmlzed minimized minimized mlzed mized or den ed And when the r rsuccess rsuccess rEUCCCSS success had been demonstrated m in maCUal inactial mactjal aCUal actial service by U P and Burlmg Burling Burlmgton Burlington Burlington ton in the winter wmter of o1 1934 1935 other otherrailroads otherrailroads otherrailroads railroads were qu ck to take advan advantage advantage advantage tage of the obvious appeal to the thepublic thepublic thepublic public taste and the race was onWith onWith on onWith With the western roads lead ng the thepack thepack thepack pack more streamlined streamlmed trains trams were wererushed wererushed wererushed rushed to complct complet on trains of both boththe boththe boththe the un t type and the type attamed attained attamedby attainedby attainedby by modern zing zmg standardequ standard equ p pment pment pment ment with some streami streaml ncd ned nod fea lea features leatures teatures tures of design and more attrae attrac attraetlve attractive attraclive tlve tive and up to date decoration but butstill butstill butstill still built to perm t inter mter hange with withthe withthe withthe the older cars on the roadsW roadsW roads roadsW W th n a year a total of 13 more morestreaml morestreaml moreBtreami streaml ned trains trams m in both class moreI fica flea ficatlOns fleations fications I tlOns tions had been placed m in n service ' to I be folio follo ved by another 13 in m 1936 20 20m 20in 20in m in 1937 and 39 last year Now near nearmg nearing nearing mg ing the century mark America Amenca s sstreaml sstreaml sstreami streaml ned fleet has rap dly left the theother theother theother other ra ] Iroads lroads roads of the world warld bltmg biting bltmgthe bitingthe bitingthe the c nder dust Th rty one trams trains tramsof trainsof trainsof of the un tin t type t ) pe have been mtro intro mtroduced introduced introduced duced in m th s country and 60 of mtroI themodern themodern the themodern I modern zed type have made their theirbov theirbo theirbov theirbovU bov bovU bo v vU U S Leads in ID Speed SpeedFor SpeedFor For many years the U S set the theworld theworld theworld world space s pace in 10 ra Iroad lread lroad safety safetynow safetynow safetynow now it can da cia cla m definite defimte speed su supremac supremacy supremac premac premacy > ) There are only e a ght ghttrams ghttrains ghttrains trams trains in m the worldh world \ wh \\h h ch mamtam maintain maintaina mamtama a 60 m Ie le an hour average for a run runof runof runof of 900 miles or more and they are areall areall areall all in 10 ths th s country Their speed rec records records records ords are soon to be augmented by bythe bythe bythe the new Missouri Mlssoun Pacific stream streamlmed streamlined streamlined lmed lined bythe twins twms under construction by bythe bythe the American Amencan Car & Foundry com company company cornpany pany These newcomers claimed claimedby claimedby claimedby by the builders to be the last word wordin wordin 10 in streamlined streamlmed unit constructIOn constructIOnfrom constructionfrom constructionfrom from both engineering engmeermg and artistic artisticpomts artisticpoints artisticpoints pomts points of o1 view will also run on vir virtually virtually virtually tually a mile a minute mmute schedule although although al ithough though over a shorter route-from route from route - - from ' St Louis to Kansas City and OmahaStreaml OmahaStreaml Omaha OmahaStreami Streami Streaml ned trains trams have cl pped ppedhours ppedhours ppedhours hours almost days m in some cases casesfrom casesfrom casesfrom from trips that have known sched schedules schedtiles schedules ules tiles virtually stationary tor for years yearsThey yearsThey yearsThey They now speed from Chicago to Los LosAngeles LosAngeles LosAngeles Angeles m ill in 39 hours 45 minutes mmutes 17 17hours 17hours 17hours hours faster than their fleetest fleetcst pred predecessors predecessors predecessors ecessors from Chicago to Kansas KansasCity KansasCity KansasCity City in 10 TVs 71h 7i hours and from ChIcago Chicagoto to New York in JD 15 16 It m ght be not noted noted noted ed here that trains trams of ot the unit type typeare typeare typeare are prevalent in 10 the West wh while e the theeastern theeastern theeastern eastern roads depend more upon themodermzed themodernized the themodernized modernized modermzed version although thiS thiSIS thisis thisis IS not always trueDemonstrate true trueDemonstrate Demonstrate Value of ResearchStreamlmed ResearchStreamlined Research ResearchStreamlined Streamlined Streamlmed trains trams are vIsIble vIsIbleproot visibleproof visibleproof proot proof railroad officials say of the theability theability theability ability of industry mdustry and research to tocreate tocreate tocreate create new improvements with an anappeal anappeal anappeal appeal to practlcab practicability lty as well as asimag asImag asimag imag nation Especially is this true truem truein truein m in the metal industries mdustrlcs which have haveproduced haveproduced haveproduced produced the 1 ght veight velght alummum aluminum alummumalloys aluminumalloys aluminumalloys alloys and stainless stamless steel wh ch chmake chmake chmake make the tra ns of ot today po possible possibleAluminum possibleAluminum slble slbleAlummum Alummum Aluminum has come into mto its o 0 vn vnon vnon vnon on the ra railroads roads s nee nce they have tak taken taken taken en advantage of its 1 ghtness com corn comb cornb cornb b ned with strength durab durabil ty and andeconomy andeconomy andeconomy economy of maintenance mamtenance and em employed employed cmployed ployed it to meet Today s demands demandsfor demandsfor demandsfor for h gh speed and increased mcreased safetyAppro safetyApprox safety safetyApprove Approve Appro Approx ' ! : mately one third of all the thevlrgm thevirgin thevirgin vlrgm virgin aluminum alummum produced now goes goesmto goesinto goesinto mto into the transportation field and the theeompetlt thecompetit thecompetit eompetlt competit on between th s metal and andothers andothers andothers others such as stainless stamless steel is a afirst afirst afirst first Ime lme line sk rmish rmlsh in m the bloody bloodybattle bloodybattle battle of the metals Union Umon Pa Paclfie Pacific Pacific clfie cific s huge streamlined streamlmed fleet is all allalummum allaluminum allaluminum alummum aluminum wh Ie le Burlington Burlmgton s new newtrams newtrains newtrains trams trains are built of stainless stamless steel steelwhich steelwhich steelwhich which likewise has found tound a ready readymarket readymarket readymarket market in m streamlined tram train devel development development development opment opmentProbably Probably in 10 the end all tra ns w 11 II 11be IIbe IIbe be built neither of aluminum alummum nor ot of otsteel ofsteel ofsteel steel but of both Even now every everystamless everystainless everystainless stamless stainless steel train tram contains contams some somealummum somealuminum somealuminum alummum aluminum and every aluminum alummum tram train tramuses trainuses tramuses uses at least a little steel Tomor Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow row all trains trams will wJlI use each metal m in mthe inthe inthe the places where that metal schar scharaetenstlcs s char characteristics charactenstics aetenstlcs acteristics are most advantageous Czech Foreign Legion Reborn RebornRecalling , Recalling 1917 Siberian March PRAGUE -The The - 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