> The configuring of the Chicago-Aurora raceway for 90MPH made for an
> interesting
> trip experience.
>
> Like a long distance runner, the Denver Zephyr would sprint the final distance
> into Chicago. My mother pointed this out to me on trips in the 50's. It
> always
> seemed that after Aurora, the train got its second wind and, as it approached
> Chicago, it ran faster and faster so that the stations would become a blur.
> Truly exciting.
SJL and Others:
I will have to dig into the files, I do not recall when the 90 mph limit
east of Aurora was authorized. I can only speculate, so I won't. In the
sixties, 75 mph was the limit west of La Vergne, and slower to the east.
Ed
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