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date Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:11 PM
subject A historical note
Something which might be of interest (or not)... while doing some unrelated research online, I came across a copy of the North American passenger rail timetables from 1910. Looking at trains from Toronto to Whitby, I found the fastest train (making eight stops in between) took 60 minutes, compared with 51 minutes for most off-peak trains today (making seven stops). It's good to see a century of progress and advances in technology have saved us all of nine minutes.
Regards,
Tom
3 comments:
Interesting. But, with the number of stop differences, I betcha the time difference would be closer to 5 mins, not 9.
I forget where I read it, but in the 1920s it took about 25 minutes to get from Mimico to downtown by streetcar. Even in the dead of night it's well over 45 minutes now on the dreaded Queen car. PROGRESS!
In the 1920s, half of the trip between Mimico and downtown was through farmland, so no need to stop.
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