Word: tripping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This year's trip was free from derailments, cows on the track, which last year delighted and delayed the enthusiasts. Only disturbing note was a rumor that the tracks above Readsboro might be torn...
...noted with interest your account in the Oct. 19 issue regarding the "Off the Beaten Path" trip operated out of Chicago by the Pennsylvania Railroad. This was a unique experiment in transportation and doubtless will be the forerunner of many such trips in this part of the country just as the trip in the East was the forerunner of many more there...
...race, New York Journal's Dorothy Kilgallen, took a special plane on the home stretch from Alameda to Newark, completed her circumnavigation in 24 days 12 hr. 51 min. Sticking strictly to commercial schedules, except for one taxi ride from Bologna to Brindisi, Timesman Kieran made the trip in 24 days...
...wider-and wiser- humanity." On came the voice of the announcer, reverent and tender, as if speaking the epilog of a sad and stirring drama: "And so, quiet falls over the study in Topeka, Kansas." Three hours later the Sunflower Special chuffed out of Topeka on its last trip, taking the Republican Nominee back to his home town of Independence to vote. Some 5,000 of his neighbors were down at the Santa Fe station at 8 a. m. to cheer him, give him a 19-gun salute...
...transcontinental rates fall from $160 to $139.95 for single tickets, from $136 to $118.95 in scrip. Time is 15½ hours eastbound, 16½westbound. Minimum coast-to-coast rail fare, including a lower berth, is $113.25 for a 3½-day trip...