Fastest Run on Record Burlington and Missouri Line
The fastest run for the distance was by the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad between Eckley Colorado and Wray Colorado a 148 mile stretch. The nine car train completed the trip in nine minutes at about 98.06 miles per hour with a mixed composed consist and observed by five watchers including the conductor. Official confirmation came from the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad authority.
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Burlington and Missouri River
Eckley
Wray
Colo
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Salutations and scraps from a bustling old paper
A collage of short items: veterans pension remarks, a jail sentence for a city ordinance violator, a seed package dispute over penalties, warnings about train riders, and musings on cattle wealth. Includes Col Dyer profile, Dad praise, a cold cure, a horse thief caper, local ads, and miscellaneous notices from Baxter Springs and nearby regions.
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Leake’s Weekly
Dyer
Baxter
Augusta
Georgia
Jarvie-Conklin
Street Railway
Madame le Vert
Lafayette
Russia
Pickens
South Carolina
Alexander
Colonel Dyer
Chicago
Kansas City
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West Plaine Mo
Cousty Meat
Howell County
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A. H. T. A. Weekly News
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A. R. Kane
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Baxter National Bank
Prings, Kansas
Elite Shop
West Side Military Street
Bacon’s Old Stand
Hart Pioneer Nurseries
Fort Scott
J. Armstrong
McCammon
C. W. Daniels Notary Public
Covey
A. J. Thompson
Daniels
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