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Unfortunately his baggage was left at Harbin. He asked the chief of the train to wire back that it be forwarded on the next train, giving or rather offering a tip of a few shillings, but the chief would not give him any satisfaction. UNFORTUNATELY HIS BAGGAGE WAS LEFT AT HARBON HE ASKED THE CHIEF OF THE TRAIN TO WIRE BACK THAT HAD BE FORWARDED ON THE NEXT TRAIN GIVING OR RATHER OFFERING A TIP OF A FEW SHILLINGS BUT THE CHIEF WOULD NOT GIVE HIM ANY SATISFACTION
ardly ever an accident on this railway. Every verst (about two-thirds of a mile) there is a little guardhouse and there was always a man or woman, generally a woman, standing with a flag as the train passed. I crossed on the International Sleeping Car train. It took ten days and ten nights and the average speed was more than twenty miles per hour. The berths on this train were very comfortable. They were crosswise of the car while ours are lengthwise. The train consisted of two first-class, two second-class sleepers, a diner and a baggage car. These international trains ran once a week each way before the war and sometimes one had to purchase a ticket weeks in advance to go at a given time. When all berths were sold those who had none simply had to wait a week for the next train. I was the lone American on the train all the way across. There were a number of Englishmen and many Frenchmen on board. My roommate was an old sea captain from Scotland. He had been on the sea forty-six years. E WAR THERE WAS HARDLY EVER AN ACCIDENT ON THIS RAILWAY EVERY VERST ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF A MILE THERE IS A LITTLE GUARD HOUSE AND THERE WAS ALWAYS A MAN OR WOMAN GENERALLY A WOMAN STANDING WITH A FLAG AS THE TRAIN PASSED I CROSSED ON THE INTERNATIONAL SLEEPING CAR TRAIN IT TOOK TEN DAYS AND TEN NIGHTS AND THE AVERAGE SPEED WAS MORE THAN TWENTY MILES PER HOUR THE BERTHS ON THIS TRAIN WERE VERY COMFORTABLE THEY WERE CROSSWISE OF THE CAR WHILE OURS ARE LENGTHWISE THE TRAIN CONSISTED OF TWO FIRST CLASS TWO SECOND CLASS SLEEPERS A DINER AND A BAGGAGE CAR THESE INTERNATIONAL TRAINS RAN ONCE A WEEK EACH WAY BEFORE THE WAR AND SOMETIMES ONE HAD TO PURCHASE A TICKET WEEKS IN ADVANCE TO GO AT A GIVEN TIME WHEN ALL BERTHS WERE SOLD THOSE WHO HAD NONE SIMPLY HAD TO WAIT A WEEK FOR THE NEXT TRAIN I WAS THE LONE AMERICAN ON THE TRAIN ALL THE WAY ACROSS THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ENGLISHMEN AND MANY FRENCHMEN ON BOARD MY ROOM MATE WAS AN OLD SEA CAPTAIN FROM SCOTLAND HE HAD BEEN ON THE SEA FORTY SIX YEARS
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