. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ay Motive Power and Rolling Stock Vol. XX. 136 Liberty Street, New York, December, 1907 No. 12 The Black Diamond on the Lehigh. Wliciicvcr yon sec tlie vcprcsciitationof a small red flag, something like a U. pennant, with a black cen-tre made in the shape of a lozenge bear-ing the letters L. Y-i the whole sur-rounded with a wreath, that is the em-blem of the Valley Railroad. Number 9 and Number 10 are the blackdiamond expresses, the odd number isthe westbound train betw
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ay Motive Power and Rolling Stock Vol. XX. 136 Liberty Street, New York, December, 1907 No. 12 The Black Diamond on the Lehigh. Wliciicvcr yon sec tlie vcprcsciitationof a small red flag, something like a U. pennant, with a black cen-tre made in the shape of a lozenge bear-ing the letters L. Y-i the whole sur-rounded with a wreath, that is the em-blem of the Valley Railroad. Number 9 and Number 10 are the blackdiamond expresses, the odd number isthe westbound train between New Yorkand Buffalo, and No. 10 is the eastboundtrain. The time table distance betweenJersey City and Buffalo is miles andNo. 9 goes over this distance in 613 min-utes, or at an average speed of 44 miles a renewal of the name first applied whenthe Black Diamond Express was inau-gurated in 1896, The Handsomest Trainin the World. The train operates on itspresent fast schedule between New Yorkand Buffalo, having a through coach fromand to Philadelphia. The train itself is about 315 ft. long. FAMOLS tlLACK KXPUKSS TUK LEHIGH \ALLEY. On the flag the black diamond is a con-spicuous figure,- and on the road itselfthe Black Diamond Express is the mostimportant train. The railway was informer days often thought of only as acoal road, and from this probably camethe idea of the black diamond, but al-tliough the well known emblem has beenretained, the road has long ago becomeone of the best passenger highways in theland. an hour. The train consists of one bag-gage and library car, two day coaches,a dining car and one Pullman parlor carwith an observation end. The equipment,put on last month, is entirely new, and weare informed that This new equipmenthas been constructed from plans especiallydesigned to provide the acme of comfortand safety, and the builders have putupon it the very best skill, resulting inthe production of a train which warrants over all and with eng
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