Evening journal., 1892-11-22
AN ENGINES GREAT RUN
A Train Hauled Mile in
Thirty-seven Seconds.
THE WORLDS RECORD BROKEN.

A Reading Railroad Locomotive of
Philadelphia Make Draws Three Honvy
Coaches Mile In Two-and-a-half Sec
onds Less Time Than the Fastest
Record, Despite a Heavy wind-Its
Former Remarkable Work.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22.-The worlds
record for fast time by railroad locomo-
tive has again been broken, and by the
same engine which established the
394 seconds record in February last, No.
3S5, of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad company. It's latest achieve.
ment is a mile in 81 seconds.
The locomotive is known as the Vau.
CLAIM compound, and was built at the
Baldwin Locomotive works in this city.
Its weight, complete, is 1913, 500 pounds,
and it is equipped with 7S-inch driving
wheels The new record was made last
Friday between Westfield and Crawford,
ON the Bound Brook division Engineer
Henry Hicks, who made the then re-
markable run of mile in 394 seconds
last February, had hold of the throttle
last Friday. In the cab with him were a
representative of the Baldwin Locomotive
works and two invited guests.
A Heavy Train Attached.
The engine was attached to the regu.
lar express train which leaves Ninth and
Green streets at B. 10 D. m, and had three
heavily loaded coaches behind it. No
time was taken until near Neshaminy,
f.1r aI IL,
few notches aud away sped the iron
monster. Faster and faster the pistons
shot into and out Of the cylinders. More
steam was applied, and away few the
great.mass of brightly-polished machinery
swaying from side to side, like an old oak
in a tempest.
The Baldwin company's representative
held a stop watch in his hand, and as a
mile post was reached a click told that
the time of the speeding locomotive was
being taken. In an almost incredible
space of time the next mile post was
reached and a smile of pleasure crossed
the features of the time-taker as he
glanced at the watch. The old record OF
39t seconds had been broken by a quarter
of second.
The Great Effort.
The most remarkable part of the per
formance, however, did not occur until
the long, level, straight piece of track be-
tween Plainfield and Elizabeth had been
reached The engineer had opened his
throttle to the last notch and was glar
ing out ahead with a nervous excitement
that indicated his great interest in the
race against time. The fireman with
perspiration streaming from every pore
gave the roaring flames before him his
every attention, and not for moment
did he allow the pressure of steam to fall
below the required point. On and Oh
dashed No. 1856; mile after mile was
passed swiftly all under a minute, and
many at the rate of from forty-seveI
down to forty seconds.
The Record Breaking Mile.
Between Westfeld and Crawford the new
record was established. the first mile be
ing made in 81 seconds and a second mil,
in 80 seconds Attempts were mad,
to still further lower this time, but the,
proved futile and the tIial was at las
completed.
The run is considered marvellous. bu
the Baldwin people believe the engin
will again lower its record, as Friday
test was made in the face of a heav,
wind and in spite of several other unfav
| orable circumstances