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Excerpt from Proposed Electrification of the Chicago Terminal Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: A Thesis
II. Reasons for electrification Page 4. A. Improvement of service. 1. Increase of schedule speed. 2. Absence of smoke, Cinders, etc. 5. Decreased headway. B. Future demands of smoke ordinances. III. Present equipment and Operating features. Page 4. A. Number of cars, seating capacity and weight of. B. Number and use of tracks. 0. Subdivision of present service. 1. Local and express. A' Riverside, b' Downers Grove 0' Aurora d. Present schedule Speed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.