. Virginia in black and white . rough the richest por-tion of the famousBlue Grass region ofKentucky, throughFrankfort, up the Ken-tucky River, throughLexington, Winchesterand soon to Huntington,W. Va., where the roadjoins that from Cin-cinnati. In all that goes tomake the physical ex-cellence of a railroad,the Chesapeake & Ohiostands among the firstof the country. It haswest of Clifton Forgenearly loo miles ofdouble track, and thisyear the double track on this section will be largely increased. East of Clifton Forge the JamesRiver division practically makes a double track of nearly 200 miles.
. Virginia in black and white . rough the richest por-tion of the famousBlue Grass region ofKentucky, throughFrankfort, up the Ken-tucky River, throughLexington, Winchesterand soon to Huntington,W. Va., where the roadjoins that from Cin-cinnati. In all that goes tomake the physical ex-cellence of a railroad,the Chesapeake & Ohiostands among the firstof the country. It haswest of Clifton Forgenearly loo miles ofdouble track, and thisyear the double track on this section will be largely increased. East of Clifton Forge the JamesRiver division practically makes a double track of nearly 200 miles. Theroad is rock-ballasted and laid with 75-lb. steel rails, equipped with inter-locking switches, and operated under the block system. The train service of the line is famous. The F. F. V.,as the brag trainis called, is one of the most perfect trains in the world. It is vestibuled,lighted with electricity, heated with steam, and runs a through dining carfrom Cincinnati to New York. A vestibuled Pullman sleeper through from. ^-y Louisville to New York connects with the train at Huntington. The entiretrain runs through to New York via Washington. By the same train thereis through Pullman service to Old Point Comfort. All through trains onthe line are vestibuled, heated with steam, and lighted with electric cars are exquisitely finished, and there is no more luxurious mode oftravel than that afforded by the F. F. V. A feature of this road and itsschedule is that a person making the round-trip sees the entire line by day-light. For the convenience of those who, for lack of either leisure or means, areunable to spend a month or two in an outing, the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail-way Company suggests the following outline of three tours, respectivelyten, fifteen, and twenty days each, that will give the tourist the largest pos-sible return for the time and money invested.
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