Ed
I am sure we did 90 MPH into Chicago after leaving Aurora. The train always
sprinted on this last lap.
sjl
Ed DeRouin wrote:
> > 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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