The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-27
THE FASTEST OF TRAINS.
THE EMPIRE STATE EXPRESS CARRIES
OFF THE PALM

TIE EMPIRE STATE EXPRESS CARRLEt
OFF THE PALM
Tse Royal Rise Limites ana Scotch Express
Take . Back Seattle New Yevk Ces.
trars New Train has Average Speed
OF Ss.s Miles an Hour for AAs Miies.
BUFFALO. Oct. 26.-The Empire State Ex.
press OF the New York Central Railroad. on liz
FIRST trip to-day. demonstrated It's right to be
calico the fastest train in the world by travers-
ing the 44O miles between New York and Buff
falo In eight hours and forty-one and
three-auarter minutes. and 1t achieved
besides. at ono stage OF tho journey o speed
perhaps never before attained by so heavy a
train. The attempt to run regular passenger
train between the two cities named in eight
hours and forty minutes Is result Of the ia
nous trip OF Sept. IA. when the unparalleled
record OF 40 miles in 433 minutes and A Soc
onds was made
The train was composed Of q combination
buffet. smoking. and library car. the Wag-
ner buffet drawing room car Luxor two
New York Central coaches, and Vice.
President II. Walter Webb's private cor
Mariquita. which carried the officials OF the
road and the reporters. The same engines
drew IL that pulled the flyer Of Sept. II. but
only engine s52. on the western division. had
the same crew. John Moran was the con-
ductor.
1t was minute and quarter past o'clock.
the hour Of starting. when Archie Buchanan
act tho big six-and-a-half-foot drivers
OF ponderous Engine $40 agoing for the
tunnel. the spuyten Duyvil curves and
the other difficult places that make up
the fifteen miles from New York to Yonkers.
Twenty-Five minutes had been allowed In the
schedule. Engineer Buchanan passed Yonkers
two minutes and twelve seconds ahead of time.
t.,,r In M m mi Of for
ty.three miles an hour. Except for little spurts
The scheduled rate Of speed was kept up all
the way to Albany. The train pulled up in the
station there. after l43-mile run, ut IL :42:4o.
two minutes and quarter ahead OF time.
The start from Albany was at II SOTO. ten
seconds behind time. but pushcr helped En-
gineer Tom Dermodys machine No. S7G UP
tho steep grade toward Schenectady so ef-
fectiyely that the train was three minutes and
At Utica it was live minutes late. and twenty
minutes stop there and lost again E with other
precious seconds. Long before this it
vide tho locomotive with the proper
grade OF COAL and that good deal Of the stun
the fireman was shovcling into S76s furnace
Eager folks who the GO ts
extracted what comfort they could from the
autumnal scenery and from the enthu sasm Of
To at
train. At Palutene Bridge enthusiastic women
snatched sheets from clothes lines and waved
them In response to handkerchief signals from
The excitement was greatest at Syracuse.
together probably $500 syracusans turned
rails to be smashed into mementoes - .'''
The train was eight aud three:Iuarter min
sp s late at Ensneer s sr hoss
Of many famous runs sure to make up the lost
time with fast engine No o ~ Hogans
minutes late. to be landed on time in Buffalo.
CALLED for something like a mile minute.
near With sp0 os oa the %SstsHsi Ss s
grabbed two minutes OF the stopping time at
sts a os5 II minutes and seconds
But Engineer Hogan and his fireman
such an impenetratie mantle Of gloom gloom
f In @eb 5s
Az mile posts and an occasional CLINT Of the
Presdent+ %ebbs car the train n. weighed lts
27a That was forty-seyen tons more than the
intended weight on ordinary occasions.
s5y da %ss % &c. c
81 seconds.
She was nearly thirteen minutes late at Ba-
tayia. Buffalo was thirty miles away. Every
body gave it up. but west Of Batavia the track
Is remarkably straight, and they got to travel
ling at seventy miles an hour
Timekeeper Sinclair started up with the an
nonncement that no such achievement in
weight moved. The watchers cheered Then
the switch lamps began to multiply in the
gathering darkness.
The train was spinning along through q
maze Of tracks A minute more and En-
gineer Hagan had pulled up IN the station at
Buffalo at SAB o'clock. three minutes
after the schedule time: but the train had
started a minute and a quarter late, and he
thought minute and three-1uarters out Of
the way II run OF ~ miles ought not to
Among the officials Of the New York Central
who accompanied Vice President Webb on the
journey were General Superintendent i Thee,
George H. Daniels. superintendent Of motive
power: William buchanan. the designer Of
Engine 80. and General Baggage Agent T. ].
KEW YORK CENTRAL "xMp1nE STATE ExrnEss"