How long would it take a train to travel from St Louis to Kansas City in the late 1800's?
Note I am talking about train travel in the early west, not the present.
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Which decade in the late 1800's are you talking about? Steam locomotives in the early west were laughed at..and in one famous demonstration in about 1840 or so, a horse beat a steam locomotive in a race. But as the "decades" went by, the technology improved and the trains got faster. So a steam locomotive in the 1890's was a lot more powerful and faster than the one back in 1860's or 1870's , for instance. The average speed for steam locomotive in the late 1800's probably was around 25-30 mph +/- 10mph.(I'm guessing) Kansas city is about 250 miles away from St.Louis. So the trip should take about 8-10 hours. That's non-stop. Back in the day, trains make a lot of stops. That make the trip a lot longer
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