The New York herald., 1876-08-01
THE HERALD TRAIN
How the Herald Carries the News After
the Government Gives 1t Up.
A LIGHTNING TRIP.

"A L1111 IN 1Nd INlHs
The second trip Of the HERALD lightning train to
Schenectady, on Sunday last attended with many
interesting features At the Grand Central depot n
hve o'clock in the morning. stood train consisting Of
a locomotive tender and baggage The engine waa
the OLD No. TO- which has done such good service on
previous occasions for the HgRALD Captain Nat Saw
yer in charge. and he gave unmstakab's proofs
OF his capacity to run train at lightning speed with
the smallest amount Of danger. The train left the
depot behind time but &s Captain Sawyer said he and
she uhat is the engine fully capable of making
up all lost time .My friend, said the Captain, as hs
pulled back the lever, laid the throttle valve opcn
and blew . shrl whistle Of defiance or warning,
.'eugines are like animals, they want nursing
Now, Seventy Is good one; no discount upon her.
But she has been badly treated Only look vt her
She beauty but now she is different. And this
all comes Of making her an 'extree' An cxtree' is
abused engine Now, when had Seventy year agt
she looked as bright dollar She is seedy to-day
but she has got the grit IN her. She never heats up
aud her gauge-why, you can bet your life upon IL
Thus spoke Captain Sawyer, oil can in hand while ht
went around the engine At lightning speed "shs
used to be beauty said he; "but, Lordl how shs
has been abused. An 'extree-that is tho last Of an
engine Better dump her the nearest creek and
where would you and bc thens The Captain
tuggcd away the lover for a little whilo and nm
swcred, SWELL suppose it would be pretty rough Oh
both Of Yet have pride in raroading, the same
perhaps you have got in writing, and there is M
horse owner thinks moro Of his stock than do OF my
engine But poor Seventy, sho has been abused, and
yet she is the squarest engine on tho road.
The Captain evidently mad, but he had Implicit
faith in "Old Seventy" Tho train went slowly and
cautiously until 1t reached Montrose, because there
plsguey freight train ahead and freight trains
break in this particular freight train
exception. The nrs we had Of the freight
train from old man, who jumped from the ca
boose and back a mile so, franticaly waving
rcd flag Captain Sawyer became furious, and he apos'
rophized the In anything but Sunday school
language The train crept up slowly to Montross and
the gallant Captain had opportunity OF speaking hs
the uniortunates the caboose OF the freight
train. Then the road was clear At Cold Spring Nat
said:-'Ive long run from here to Po'koepse, but
Seventy do what want her to do" He was right
Engine No. 10 made the between Cold Spring and
Po'keepse, twenty-one miles, in twenty-five minutes
At one time the rate Of speed seventy miles an
hour.
Al Castleton, eight miles from East Albany, Captain
Sawyer found that he was behind time He put
Seventy" to her topmost speed and made the eight
train was something to be remembered. Dickens
words alone give . vivid picture OF such trip:-
'Away, with a shrek and a and rattle, from
tho town. burrowing among the dwellings OF men and
making the hum, flashing out into the meadows
for moment, mining in through the damp earth,
booming on in darkness and heavy air, bursting out
again into the sunny day so bright and wide; away,
with shrek and roar and q rattle, through the
fields through the woods through the corn through the
hay through the chalk through the mould through the
clay, through tho rock, among objects close at hand
and almost the grasp, ever flying from the trav-
eler, and deceitful distance moving slowly
within him; like as IN the track Of the remorseess
monster Deathl Through the hollow, the height,
by the heath by the orchard by the park by the gar
den over the canal the river where the sheep
feeding where the mill is going whero the barge
floating where the dead lying, where the factory 10
smoking, where the stream is running, where the vii
lage clusters where the great cathedral rses where
the bleak lies and the wild breeze smooths or
ruffes at inconstant w away, with shrek and
. roar and a rattle and trace TO leave behind but
vapor; like in tho track OF the remorseless
monster, Deathl"
During tho run from Casteton TO East Albany Cap
tain Sawyer remarked. ''She's q hummer You can't
60 back old Seventy. Now, honestly, what kind ofss
show would Jim Woods and his long-legged pet, ITO
and engine that he can be proud Of But put
her and her driver those curves, why, she'd
dump the train before two miles we're past"
Al Schenectady there q fiery team-at least tho
horses bit at everybody that approached them and
they paved the sand necessarily. Into the wagon the
HERALDs tossed and away went the team
the country to Saratoga, distance of twenty-five
miles At noon the residents and guests pos
session of avore paper and tho American Baden
was happy.
Tho trip across the country from Schenectady to
Saratoga quite delightful It necessary, for
IN ormatons sake address each native Colonel"
This title will insure intelligence In regard ts
the road Saratoga Further inquiries developed the
TACT that all the farmers Tiden men, and that few
OF them know the difference between hard ana soft
money One farmer said that he was for tho Union
and that despised secessonists That farmer evi.
IDENTIFY does not know that the war 10 over