A typical freight train can reach Chicago from Los Angeles in 48 hours, then take more than half as long again to crawl through the metropolis. According to US writer John Schwartz: 'A recent trainload of sulphur took some 27 hours to pass through Chicago — an average speed of 1.13 miles per hour, o
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