Evening star., 1883-09-29
SPEED ON RAILWAYS.
The Rate at Which the Great Expresses
Travel.

From the Albany Journal.
ut isn't because our engines can't do 1t that
the railroad trains in this country do not run as
fast as they do in other countries" an engineer
on the New York Central said yesterday to
Journal reporter. He had been shown a pub
lished statement that the time made in the
United States was very slow compared to the
schedules in force abroad, particularly on the
English lines. "Whens there is need of it,
the engineer continued, 1--WE prove the capacity
Of our locomotives and road bed to increase the
speed to the highest limit. But safety is pre-
ferred here to reckless speed There are many
of us who would be glad to send our machines
at the rate of fifty miles an hour if the time table
would alo W it and laugh at the little danger
but the rules are strict"
In compilation Of the relative speed of the
fastest trains in the world it is found that the
limited express on the New York Central run
ming at about 4O15 miles an hour (between
New York and Albany. ranks fourteenth. The
regular trains on the same railroad, which av-
erage about 35h miles an hour are at the foot
of the list. What is known as ''the Flying
Dutchman, running from London to Bristol, is
the train which travels more rapidly than any
other in the world. 1t completes distance of
11674 miles, making no stops, in two hours.
making an average Of 591s miles an hour
train which runs between Paddington and
SWlndOn, England, takes second place. The
distance is III miles, the time one hour and 27
minutes, and stops none, and the average speed
53I miles. Germany is also progressive In this
matter. On the railroad between Berlin and
Hanover train is run which makes the 1926
miles in hours and 48 minutes, keeping up an
average of over 81 miles an hour The train
from London to Peterboro comes next, covering
~ miles in one hour and 80 minutes. This is
on an average Of 51I miles. Canada is ahead
Of the United States as far as expeditions rail-
road Is concerned, a train on the Canada Pacific,
from COteau tO'Ottawa, making 78 40 miles in
one hour and "a minutes. or fifty miles an hour,
including three stops The Pennsylvania rail-
road runs the fastest train in this country be-
tween Jersey City and Philadelphia, a distance
of so miles. 1t makes one stop and reaches it's
average per hour is 48 $40 miles. Other trains
are as follows: ngland-London to Edinboro,
399 miles, 9hours, average IS miles; Pennsyl-
vania Bound Brook rOute-Jersey City to Phil
adelphia, 80 40 miles, Q 2hours, stops, average
A 7-10 miles; Boston to Providence, a miles. 1
hour, no stops, average a miles; New York,
Boston and Providence, 64 miles, hour thirty
five minutes, no stops, average Al 2-1O miles;
Grand Trunk-Montreal to Coteau 3715 miles.
55 minutes, one STOP average Al miles; Canadian
Pacific Montreal to Ottawa, 12O miles, hours
and S. minutes, stops, average IL miles; New
York Central-Albany to New York, 142 miles.
more and Ohio-BaltmOre to Washington, 40
miles, one hour, one stop. average 40 miles; New
York to New Haven, "a miles, hour, SIS minutes.
no stops, average 80 7-10 miles; Boston and
Albany-Boston to Springfield. 9S miles, hours,
"a minutes, 8 stops. average 80 2-1O miles: New
York to Chicago, 91S miles, Is hours, average
36115 miles.