St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-09
RAILROAD FLYERS.
Fast Trains Oh American Roads
That Surpass the English Rec

Fast Trains Oh American hOauS
That Surpass the English Rec
ord for Speed.
Philadelphia Record.
1--WE can beat the West Coast Flyer
if some one will only make it worth the
trouble and expense" said General
Manager Pugh, of the Pennsylvania
railroad yesterday, as he was preparing
to leave the granite pile on Fourth
street, where he had Just finished hard
DAYS work, to seek the refreshing
GOODNESS of his country home. The
Flyer" ran from London to Edinburgh,
a distance of 400 miles. in seven hours
and twenty-five minutes, beating the
''Flying Scotchman" on rival railroad.
The average speed for the run was 5312
miles, the fastest time ever made for
that distance. 1.-THE Alleghanies look
like an insuperable obstacle to our max
ing fast time" continued Mr.. Pugh,
"but we could run train from New
York to PittSburg, distance OF 440
miles, in little over eight hours, If oc-
caSiOn demanded it. The feat is not
practicable from financial standpoint,
as the expense of running such a train
would be enormous"
Fast as this English train runs. there
are trains on the Pennsylvania and
Reading roads between Philadelphia
and New York which excel it. The
7:30 a. IN. train from Broad street sta
ton, and the 4 p. m. train from New
York, both make the running distance
of eighty-nine miles between Broad
street and Jersey City in 1l3 minutes,
or an average speed of fOrty-eight
and a half miles an hour. Between
~ I,notinr1 (Nifu
the speed is 50.4 miles an hour, while
the run between Trenton and Jersey
City is made at the rapid gait of 52.3
miles an hour without stopping.
The officials of the Reading road can
boast of some quick trips made over
their lines, and they claim that one of
their New York trains in the fastest
running train in the world. This flyer
leaves Ninth and Green streets at 7:30
a. M, is due in Jersey City at 9:29 a. m.
and reaches New York seven minutes
later. This train is handicapped by
being compelled to run slowly to
Wayne Junction, ten minutes being
consumed to make the As miles.
From Wayne Junction to Yardley a
speed of eighty-three miles an hour is
often attained, and the average gait to
Bound Brook, a distance of fifty-five
miles, is fifty-seven miles an hour. This
train makes five stops, and is often de-
layed at Bound Brook Junction, but the
time is seldom exceeded. For the dis
tances Travelled these trains are the fly
ers of the American continent, and the
schedule is observed with perfect regu-
larity.
The fastest travelling is done on special
trains, and the records of some of the
bursts of speed made over level stretches
of ground are simply marvellous. On
Jan. 9, 1882, special train ran from
Bound Brook to Wayne junction, on
the Reading road, in SO minutes, or at
the rate of siXty-two miles an
hour. Later in that same year
train ran from Jersey City to
Wayne Junction, eighty-five miles, in
SS15 minutes. or 57.7 miles an hour
Between Wayne junction and Bound
Brook a speed of sixty-five miles an
hour is often maintained for the greater
portion of the distance. The fastest
speed has been made between Somer-
ton and Neshaminy Falls, distance of
2S miles, made in two minutes, which is
a speed of eighty-fOur miles an hour.
But the 'West Coast Flyer" has been
beaten in this country by a special train
on the West Shore road, which in 1885
made the 426 miles between Buffalo and
New York in hours and q minutes,
during which run of eighty-seven
miles, between Genesee junction and
Chilli, was made in hour. In the sue
ceeding year special on the
New York Central ran between
Syracuse and Buffalo, 1887 miles, in
1856 minutes, averaging sixty-five miles
an hour. The greatest lOng-distance
run ever made was in 1876, when a
special ran from New York to San Fran
cisco in three and half days. During
the entire trip twenty engines were
used, there were seventy-two stops and
the running time for $685. miles was
eighty-four hours and seventeen min
utes, an average of forty miles an hoIr.