Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1918 — Pennsylvania Takes Off 155 Passenger Trains [ARTICLE]

Pennsylvania Takes Off 155 Passenger Trains

To clear tracks, conserve coal anjfl release crews and locomotives for! the movement of coal, necessary! freight, munitions, government! supplies and troops the Pennsylvania! railroad Wednesday announced on January 6, it will put into effect! the general reduction of passenger! train schedules on the lines east of! Pittsburg, Erie and Buffalo. A total! of 104 week day trains and 51 Sun-1 day trains will be withdrawn and the! schedules of other trains will be al-! tered. I The policy recently established ofl abolishing daylight sleepers between! New IdrK and Washington has been! extended to certain through trains to! the west. Effective January more than one parlor car will be! carried on any train carrying coaches ! Club and dinning cars will also be! eliminated from certain trains. 1 Many changes in train scheduled are made on all divisions by the new! order, the time for some trains beingfl moved forward or backward to help! care for traffic usually carried by! trains to be annulled. I