This from page 42 of Alan Vanterpool's on-line work at
the Alberta Railway Museum's website:
"On September 21, 1926, a silk train made up of 24 cars
reached Fort William ON, from Vancouver, at an average
speed of 37.9 mph for the 1,393.5 mile journey. The
fastest time for this journey, averaged 41 mph with a
15 car train. The silk had been landed from the Empress
of Asia (CPR Passenger Train Bulletin November 1926, as
quoted in Jameson fonds)."
http://railwaymuseum.ab.ca/?q=node/49
Rainer Auer
Saskatoon, SK
--- In cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dhately" <d.hately@...> wrote:
speed
From the book "Silk Trains" by Bernard Webber, these times are
mentioned-
Vancouver to New York City 83 hours 56 min.was the fastest(1926)
Average for silk trains for the same trip was 90 hours 49 min.
I couldn't see a time for Vancouver to Fort William. An average
of 35 mph. was mentioned.
Doug Hately
