He spoke with enthusiasm of the smoothness and swiftness of the journey.
"With no mishap they now make it in about a half a day," he said, as we listened with wonder.

"It is like riding in a house with a good deal of smoke coming out of the chimney and in at the windows.

You sit on a comfortable bench with a back and a foot-rest in front and look out of the window and ride.

But I tremble sometimes to think of what might happen with all that weight and speed.
"We had a little mishap after leaving Ballston Spa.

The locomotive engine broke down and the train stopped.