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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. 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
the Turkish Empire, Greece, Roumania, and Bulgaria, and lay all these together down on Siberia alone and have territory left. Nearly five thousand miles of the main line of the great Trans-Siberian railway are in this one country. The building of this railroad was a gigantic undertaking and its construction cost the Russian Government four hundred million dollars. With all our boasted American hustle it took twenty years to build the Canadian Pacific railway from coast to coast. The Trans-Siberian is more than twice as long and was completed in half that length of time. Before the war there was hardly 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. R HOLLAND DENMARK THE TURKISH EMPIRE GREECE RUMANIA AND BULGARIA AND LAY ALL THESE TOGETHER DOWN ON SIBERIA ALONE AND HAVE TERRITORY LEFT NEARLY FIVE THOUSAND MILES OF THE MAIN LINE OF THE GREAT TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY ARE IN THIS ONE COUNTRY THE BUILDING OF THIS RAILROAD WAS A GIGANTIC UNDERTAKING AND ITS CONSTRUCTION COST THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WITH ALL OUR BOASTED AMERICAN HUSTLE IT TOOK TWENTY YEARS TO BUILD THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY FROM COAST TO COAST THE TRANS SIBERIAN IS MORE THAN TWICE AS LONG AND WAS COMPLETED IN HALF THAT LENGTH OF TIME BEFORE THE 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
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