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best one for my trip was in the morning, so Bob 

 and I played a friendly game of billiards in the 

 pool-room and made a few purchases we needed. 

 Early next morning the train pulled in nearly 

 on time, and having previously breakfasted, the 

 cry was " All aboard." Considering the dis- 

 tances these trains have to travel and the number 

 of stops they have to make, on the whole they 

 keep wonderful time, and the delays at wayside 

 stations are usually very short, and their train 

 crews handle the baggage in and out with a speed 

 that I often think might be emulated by many 

 of our British branch lines and local trains, and 

 even in the case of long waits at some larger 

 stations by our through trains, which seem in 

 this way to waste the time gained by fast run- 

 ning over our splendid permanent ways. Long 

 waits for trains, of course, often do occur on the 

 Western raihoads owing to breakdowns, the special 

 severity of the weather, or similar causes ; but 

 the probable time when the train is expected 

 is usually known at the station and principal 

 hotels, which makes such occurrences much more 

 endurable. For instance, you may hear that 

 a train has been delayed by a snowdrift five 

 hundred miles away and is therefore two hours 

 late, and a later inquiry may elicit the fact that 

 further delay has taken place, and the two hours 



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