The Washington bee., 1892-08-27
A "FLYER, INDEED"
THE FASTEST SCHEDULED TRAIN IN
AMERICA Runs FROM PHILADEL
PHIA TO THE SEA VIA LEAD
ING ROYAL ROUTE.

That there is q streak of sporting
| blood" in the veins of the most sFdat'
| among us is evidenced bv the unveT sal
| interest manifested in railway speeds and
| tFe delight with which the average man
halls each successive triumph Of the loco
/ motive over the combined el"ments Ol
time and distance.
The much-vaun'el ''Flying Scotch
m IN express tain betw, Ell London and
| Edinburgh, in Great Bri ain, is still re-
garded hy many persons as the fastest
regularly scfe 'uled train in the world
This, however, is mistake, the speed Of
| the "5corchm ln'' having ten excelIr d
b. vrral ailrOads in this country, no.
| tably by the New York Central, whose
Empire S ate Express" between New
York and Buffalo has, until within a few
days, claim d the It'll Of the fastest reg
ular train III the world. This C. Iebrat d
train runs from n " York to B ff3lO, d
distanc, OF 40 miIe-, in eight hours and
forty minutes. which is at the rate of
seventy seconds to each -Eil., or fifty
and two-triid' mil per hour. Deduct
ing all stops the average runni, q fim,, Of
this tram Is Ifty-two and tw. W.. IN .-nun-
dredthS miles per hour.
Now, however, comes a new claimant for
high 81 e d hOnOrS. 1t has been discOv-
cred Il at the Reading Rail .d's 3:3O D.
IN tran from Philadelphia 10 Atlantic
City, known as the "Spyenty Minute
Fly err, is tually the fastest regularly
schedu ed pass enger train in the world.
The distance from Chestnut street wharf
to the Camden terminus of the rail O. al is
about n mile and a half, and the fer
ry boat trip and transfer of the pasSaug-
ers from the boat to the cars occuDips fen
minute. This leaves sixty miqutes for
the IL ride, and that is precisely the
time allowed by the scheGul TO cover tbe
hfty-tive and half miles which in.eI-
Vene betwet the Camden depot and tbe
station ut Atlantic City. A Il tie fl NJ
ing will show that this Is spsrd o. six
tY-tive seconds to the mile, or the r TO Of
nit'-ilVe ana half miles per hour. beat
ing the former record six seconds u
mile aud almost five miles pp- hour.
II should be understood that this refers 10
the speed OF regularly scheduled trains
over the cnti length of tho ir scheduled
runs, mi not to mere pI en0menal bursts
OF spt ell or stretches OF fast running IN
make up Tor lot time or de'avs. TIE
rate of tiity-fiVe and half miles is ex-
ceeded every day on the Reading Rail.
road, and possibly on so le other Iin-s
but on no rail I'd in tile world. so far
as known, is there a train run from end
to end of its route at sO great an AVERAGE
speed as that of the "Seventy Minute |
Flyer" D1'"''''
"hen the latter was established if was
not With the purpose of br aking a record
ouC the officials was confident of thei ..
olIlty to run train safely and promDtIv |
IN the specified time or less if rrouir. 4 |
1t was determined, however. TO limit the
train to six ears to insure quickncss. This
was found 10 be impraeLicablp. aid for
more tn week the train has been
carfyII eight cars, including one or more
nPaVV Pullmans, and making schedule
trip.
Ere sident Mcleod can now c,noratu
late himself that his road holds fbe
worlds record" for the fastest mile (9o
10 seconds, as timed August 27. 1891
Mcleod, Mr.. Eilliam SmUr,I,.
d Ghe Philadelphia Record, anl others
inu also has upon its time table the FAST
'S' regular train in the world.