Telegram-herald., 1891-01-07
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scme high smSankment
Some Of the renlts Of this wsnt Of
system. says Youth's Companion, would
have hsen amusing II they bad nst been
disastrous Mr. Laurence OiiphAns. an
English traveller and author. teils Ia
cne Of his books . rather grim story of
trip which he mads by rail In 1855
from caieago 70 New York. Over part
OF the distance the train made the cx-
traordisery speed. for that time. OF city
miles an hour, and presently it ran OF
the track.
Fortunately the cars were Embedded
In soft clay ditch and no one was
seriously hurt, ard In the midst Of the
ccmmo.ton Mr.. oliphnnt says he heard
the engineer thus admcnish the switch
man whose earclsssness had caused the
accident:
.'Now, Tom, this Is the third time
you've forgot tn set that switch, and
the last time there was twenty people
went under, and the rest was bruised.
So mind what you're about and don't
forget thai swift b again. for IL you do
I'll tell the boss"
In the course q time Il was found
necessary TO limit tho running Of trains
to q very strict system. which al.lost
makes the engineer part OF lis ma
chine; but even as late as within the
past two years races between express
trains running between London and
Edinburgh have been run, and great in
terest has been shown in the results Of
the contests.
In France steam races are not per
mitted. Instead, an Official test of the
power, speed and steadiness Of loco
motives on different lines Of the Repub-
lie has been made lately and prize
awarded to the winner. locomotive No.
eo4 of tho ''Cherain do Fer de Est" or
Eastern railroad
In this test several locomotives with
out any load TO pull attained q speed Of
from seventy to eighty-flve miles an
hour. Tho locomotive No. 6o4 just
spoken Of accomplishes regularly the
feat Of hauling at full speed the heavy
trains Of the Swiss express between
Rheims and Dele ut q single pull, dis
tance of about two hundred and forty
miles.
The engine always arrives after this
long haul with steam still on and In
perfect running condition.
The maximum speed which French
passenger trains arc permitted to make
is about seventy miles an hour, and this
Is uncommon.
In England the fastest schedule time
Is sixty miles an hour. though in some
of the ''races" seventy-hve miles an
hour have been made. There are reg
ular freight trains in England which
make . speed Of from thirty to forty
miles an hour.
In Germany the ordinary speed Of
passenger trains is only about thirty
Ave to forty miles an hour, and this is
probably about the average rate Of
speed in other European countries.
In tho United States the speed Of
trains varies SO mach on different rail-
ways and in different parts Of the coun-
try that it il practically impossible to
strike IN average. Thirty to forty
miles an hour is regarded as very
good rate, but n speed Of from sixty TO
seventy-fve miles an hour Is often at
tanned by fast trains under special cir
cu1nstanccs.