Silverton 0. 0.
Burro Bridge 5. 5.
Chattanooga 7.5 7.3
Summit (Sheridan Pass) 12.5 10.7
Red Mountain 15. 11.9
Vanderbilt 15.5 12.5
Yankee Girl 16. 12.7
Paymaster 17. 13.7
Corkscrew Gulch 14.1
Joker Tunnel 15.
Ironton (Depot) 20. 16.5
Albany 18.
The exaggerated mileages of the 1889 timetable would have added
considerably to the freight charges, in the case of Ironton over 21%. It
will be noticed beginning with Red Mountain that each Mears figure is 3
to 3½ miles more than the Kelly figure. Mr. Kelly was one of the ablest
engineers of his day and his mileages cannot be questioned.
The table below was copied from an Official Railway Guide of October
1893 but no date is given for the time it was in effect. It is
interesting because the mileages are different and because, at the time,
only one passenger train was running.