Good morning, Whitewater.
Monday will bring thunderstorms and a high of seventy-eight to Whitewater. Sunrise is 5:15 and sunset 8:35, for 15h 19m 29s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 1.5% of its visible disk illuminated.
A section of one of the famous red carpets, next to the observation car “Hickory Creek”. The 20th Century Limited originally departed New York City from the right-hand side of this platform.
On this day in 1902, what was to become one of the most famous rail lines in the world began service:
The 20th Century Limited was an express passenger train on the New York Central Railroad from 1902 to 1967, advertised as “The Most Famous Train in the World”.[1] In the year of its last run, The New York Times said that it “…was known to railroad buffs for 65 years as the world’s greatest train”.[2] The train traveled between Grand Central Terminal (GCT) in New York City and LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, Illinois along the railroad’s “Water Level Route”.
The NYC inaugurated this train as competition to the Pennsylvania Railroad, aimed at upper class and business travelers. It made few station stops along the way and used track pans to take water at speed. Beginning on June 15, 1938, when it got streamlined equipment, it ran the 958 miles in 16 hours, departing New York City at 6:00 P.M. Eastern Time and arriving at Chicago’s LaSalle Street Station the following morning at 9:00 A.M. Central Time, averaging 60 miles per hour (97 km/h)[3] For a few years after World War II the eastward schedule was shortened to 15½ hours.
Its style was described as “spectacularly understated … suggesting exclusivity and sophistication”.[4]:48-49 Passengers walked to the train on a crimson carpet which was rolled out in New York and Chicago and was designed for the 20th Century Limited. “Getting the red carpet treatment” passed into the language from this memorable practice.[5] “Transportation historians”, said the writers of The Art of the Streamliner, “consistently rate the 1938 edition of the Century to be the world’s ultimate passenger conveyance—at least on the ground”.[4]:46
On this day in 1832, Gen. Scott is appointed to command United States forces during the Black Hawk War:
On this date General Winfield Scott was ordered by President Andrew Jackson to take command at the frontier of the Black Hawk War. Scott was to succeed General Henry Atkinson, thought to be unable to end the war quickly. General Scott moved rapidly to recruit troops and obtain equipment for his army. However, while in New York, the troops were exposed to an Asiatic cholera. Just outside of Buffalo, the first cases on the ships were reported and death often followed infection. By the time the ships reached Chicago, the number of soldiers had dropped dramatically from 800 to 150, due to disease and desertion. Rather than going on to the front, Scott remained with his troops in Chicago, giving Atkinson a brief reprieve. [Source: Along the Black Hawk Trail, by William F. Stark, p. 90-91]
Puzzability begins a new weekly series today. Here’s Monday’s game:
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This Week’s Game — June 15-19
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Make Room for Dad
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We’re mixing it up with pop this Father’s Day. For each day this week, we started with a word or phrase, added the three letters in DAD, and rearranged all the letters to get a new phrase. Both pieces are described in each day’s clue, with the shorter one first.
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Example:
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Overweight; heroically turned the tide from bad to good
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Answer:
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Heavyset; saved the day
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What to Submit:
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Submit both pieces, with the shorter one first (as “Heavyset; saved the day” in the example), for your answer.
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Monday, June 15
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