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San Francisco/Oakland

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San Francisco/Oakland speed records

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From	To
S.F./Oakland	Kansas City
S.F./Oakland	Chicago

"The Nellie Bly Special consumed fifty-eight hours in covering the distance between San Francisco and Kansas City—a wonderful run considering the country traversed."

The total Nellie Bly Special run was "2, 577 miles in exactly 69 hours, an average speed of 37-1/3 miles an hour"

Kansas City

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Kansas City speed records

From	To
San Francisco	Kansas City
Albuquerque	Kansas City
La Junta	Kansas City
Topeka	Kansas City

"The Nellie Bly Special consumed fifty-eight hours in covering the distance between San Francisco and Kansas City—a wonderful run considering the country traversed."

Between Albuquerque and Kansas City, the 918-mile (1,477 km) trip was made at an average speed of 46 miles per hour (74 km/h)--which included traversing both the Glorietta and Raton mountain passes. The peak speed was 60 miles per hour (97 km/h).

The average speed from La Junta to Kansas City was 50 miles per hour (80 km/h).

The 67-mile (108 km) trip from Topeka to Kansas City was made in 70 minutes for a running speed of 57 miles per hour (92 km/h). "Between Topeka and Kansas City we ran 13 miles in 11 minutes" for a running speed of this portion of the run of 71 miles per hour (114 km/h).

Chicago

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Chicago speed records

From	To
S.F./Oakland	Chicago
La Junta	Chicago

The total Nellie Bly Special run was "2,577 miles in exactly 69 hours, an average speed of 37+1⁄3 miles an hour" or 60.08 km/h.

The normal scheduled time between Oakland and Chicago was eighty-four hours, for an average speed using the same distance of 30.6 mph (49.2 km/h).

The 1,030 miles (1,658 km) from La Junta to Chicago was completed in twenty-four hours 12 minutes for an average speed of 42.5 miles per hour (68 km/h) "which is considerably better than the speed of the Pennsylvania limited for a distance 128 miles less.". Of this, 120 miles (193 km) were covered in 118 minutes for an average speed of 61 miles per hour (98 km/h). Also in the run from La Junta to Chicago, 69 miles (111 km) were covered in 53 minutes for an average speed of 78.1 miles per hour (126 km/h).