The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-17
Fast JtulirOuu Trains.

The lightning train" on tho Paris Mar
scilles Line makes the distance of 500 miles
between the two cities in fifteen hours and
twGnty-one minutes, the average speed, in
cluding stoppagcs, being thirty-five miles
an hour. The express train On the Lchrtcr
Railway runs from Berlin I'd Cologne at
the rate OF thirty-scven and one half miles
an hour, including stops, making the en-
tire distance of 1854 miles in nine hours and
twcntysiX minutes. The Scottish mail
leaves Euston Square at 8. so in the evening
and reaches Edinburg at G.45 the next
morning. The distance is 40l miles, the
time 10 nine hours and fifty minutes, the
rate of speed, including stopa, forty y-one
and oneforth miles All hour. The express
from Kings Cross runs to Edinburg, a dis
lance Of 397, miles, in nine land One-nalf
hours, or at n rate Of forty-two miles an
hour including stops. The fast train from
Paddington to Plymouth, and the Irish
Mail from London to Holyhead, average
between forty-one and forty-two miles an
hour, or about the same as the Scottish
trains. The fastest short distance trains in
Germany arc, that which runs from Spain
dau to Stcndal, fifty seven and one-half
miles without stopping, in one hour and
seventeen minutes, ST. at the rate of forty
flyc miles an hour, and theRcXprcss, which
makes the distance of eighty eight and
thrcc-tourth miles, between Berlin and
Aladgeburg in two hours and seven minutes
or at the rate Of forty-two miles an hour
including two stops. In England Il much
higher rate Of speed is attained on short dis.
tanccs. The Great Western trains run
through from London to Swilldon at the
rate of tifty-threc miles an hour, making
m fl1Sf linn data x>f
onc-quarlcr miles in one hour aud TWENTY
seven minutes, while nearly fifty miles an
hour is made by the special express which
runs from London to Wantham, lO5 miles
in two hours and five minutes. This is
doubtless much higher rate OF speed than
tho usual schedule time OH roads in the
United States. The Washington Limited
Express leaves New York at 10 A. M. and
reaches Washington at p. n. The dis
tancc, $50 miles, is made in six hours. or
at rate of thirty eight and one-third miles
an hour, including stops. Between New
York and Philadelphia but two stops arc
made; the rate of speed is forty miles an
hour The Boston express, which leaves
the city at IL A. NJ, runs to Boston, 233
miles, i'll seven hours and eleven minutes,
which is about thirty two miles an hour, in
cludmg the six stops that are made. The
special mail and express train on the New
York Central and Hudson River Road
makes tho distance at night between New
York and Albany, 143 miles, in four hours
and five minutes, or nearly thirty six miles
an hour. Only one stop is made The
cincinnati express on the Pennsylvania
Railroad leaves New York at six in the
evening and reaches Pittsburg, distance
Of 444 miles, at 8. 80 Oh the followingmorn-
ing, and Cincinnati, 757 miles, at eight p.
NJ. OF the same day. >. The rate of speed, in
Guiding stops, is about thirty miles al hour
between Now York and Pittsbnrg, and
twenty-nine miles an hour between New
York and Cincinnati. The distance be-
tween Harrisburg and Pittsburg, 249 miles
isrun in seven hours and thirty five minutes;
with three stops, or about thirty three miles
an hour The fast line to Chicago by way
OF the Pennsylvania Road leaves New Y orlx
at nine A. NJ, and reaches Chicago at
7.20 Oh the following evening. The dis
tance is 9l2 miles, the time thirty-fom
hours and twenty minutes, the rateof speed
less than twenty miles an hour.