Dennis Lamont sent me this advertising flyer for the Lake Shore Electric from 1903. Thanks, Dennis! They claim a schedule speed of 55 MPH. I suppose that's possible for segments of the trip through the country, but there's no way they could ever have a schedule speed like that through the streets of Cleveland or Toledo.
Some of the other advertising claims are a little suspect too -- such as "scenery unrivaled"! Between Toledo and Cleveland? Really? Of course, maybe this is before the development of systems like Pacific Electric, Sacramento Northern, the Laurel Line, Wilkesbarre and Hazelton, and several others.
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