. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . nough for the deer. To get beyondreach of this new enemy, they started up theroad, taking the course the locomotive waspursuing. The race became exciting. It was asuperb trial of steam and iron against muscleand lung. The engineer put on steam, andsent his locomotive with its burdensome train,whirling along the track ; but for many miles—six or se
. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . nough for the deer. To get beyondreach of this new enemy, they started up theroad, taking the course the locomotive waspursuing. The race became exciting. It was asuperb trial of steam and iron against muscleand lung. The engineer put on steam, andsent his locomotive with its burdensome train,whirling along the track ; but for many miles—six or seven it was estimated—the frightenedanimals kept ahead, fairly beating their antago-nist. At last the pursued and piusuer got into amore open country. This the deer perceiving,they sprang on one side, and, with unabatedspeed, ran to a safe distance, where beyond reachof locomotive or rifle, they stood and gazed withdilated eyes—their limbs trembling from un-usual exertion, and gasping for breath—at theirfast receding enemy. Dana—is the next station—simply a sidetrack. It is miles from Omaha; elevation,6,875 feet. The rugged, broken character of thecountry with cuts for the track, and fills in the 94 TME ^m€IFE€ TQW^ DEER RACE WITH TRAIN ON THE U. P. R. R. valleys, will interest the observing tourist if hepasses by in daylight. Ht. 3Iftiiffi,— miles from Omaha, withan elevation of 0,751 feet. It is a telegi-aph sta-tion with accompanying side tack, section-house,etc. Fi-om this station to the next, the bluffsare rugged and wild, the road passing through ashort tunnel and several deep cuts. There isnothing but the changing scenery as you movealong with the train, to relieve this country fromits desolate appearance. Sage brush and grease-wood continue to be the only products of the soil. Walcott,—a side track miles from theINIissouri River, and 0,800 feet above the leaving this station, the road winds aroundthe bluffs, passing thr
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