The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-29
One Speeding Westward to Chicagoand
the Other Eastward TO New York.
The New York CentrSrs Twenty Hour Serviss
Between the Two Big Cities Success
fully Put Into Operation.
Wonderful Rate of Speed Maintained
by the Exposition Flyers
Both Ahead of Time According to Latest Re.
ports Received This Morning-lncidenlss
the Rans-The Engines and Cars
rhE .ExposIrroS FLYERS.

TIE "ExPOsITION FLYERS"
Fast Trains Between the Metropolis of tho
East and the Worlds Fair City.
New YORK. May 2S-At precisely 2:2a
o'clock this afternoon q snub-nosed switch.
ing engine backed a tram of four new Wsg-
ner palace cars into the Grand Central
depot. and along side the third passenger
platform of the New York Central IL Hud.
son River Railroad Company. Then there
was jingle of loosened couplings and the
snub-nosed engine snorted its way out
into the yards again. leaving the four cars
standing. Mean bile q long -barreled. high
wheeled locomotive monster was standing
at rest on q short spur OF side track q
block or two distant. Out from within ite
steel ribs came the sounds of measured
bresthinss. The thing seemed leisuIely
painting like some great beast might do
when lying at full length on n Summers
day. There was life IN the body of this
great engine. as was proven by the occas-
ional dropping of glowing Goals from the
fire. box to the greasy ties. where they
smoldered. There was a ferocious
tension on her iron thews while
she stood so ponderously qniet
Occasionally Jet OF steam
broke from her throat and shot upward
many feet into the cir. spreading like a
white plume as il arose. Then q man sit
ting in the cab. himself nearly desfened by
the noise would push mp an iron lever and
so shut this white power back into the
monsters hot lungs. Pretty soon somebody
- -. he. llaf
out the throttle ever so little and the big
machine moved over q tangle of switches.
stopped. backed down into the depot and
hunted her automatic couplings into firm
grip on the four new cars the snub-nosed
engine had backed into the station. And
thus was completed the first exposition
flyer" train which the New York Central
people had planned to daily compass the
distance between New York and Chicago in
twenty hours.
THE BIG LOCOMOTIVE.
The big locomotive chosen for the first
stage of the initial trip is No. s9s. and she
is full sister to 40. $40. which broke the
long-distancs railway record. in Septem-
Der last by running from New York to
Buffalo. 4Ssls miles. in the actual running
time Of 425 minutes and AZ seconds.
This afternoon, before the start. William
Buchanan. the modest Scot. who Is super
intendent for the New York Central Of its
motive power and rolling stock, stood look
ing over this monster machine that he had
himself planned. Il guess she'll do it," be
CALCULATED. with just hint Of prideful
smile. II think she'll do it." he added.
And then when questioned By those about.
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this machine that should start the flyer on
O trip designed to start q new chapter in
railroad history.
Engine No. SyS 10 four-wheeled machine,
standing six feet and six inches in her
stocking feet, which is to say that her
drivers. inside the three-Inoh tires, are OF
six feet, SIX inches diameter. The tires. by
the measurements of a laymen, increase the
wheels diameter to seven feet. The cylin-
ders are nineteen inches in diameter, by
twenty-four inches IN stroke. The engi mes
truck wheels are thirty-six inches In diam
eter. The weight on the four drivers ID
eighty thousand pounds. and on engine
truck forty thousand pounds. The boiler
is of the Wagnon top type. hfty-eight
inches in dIamete at the smallest ring. AMI
has 26S fiues. two inches outside diameter.
and twelve feet long. The frebox isSet on
top of the frames. and Is ninety-six Inches
long by forty and seven-eighths inches
wide. brick arch is used. supported in
arch pipee the total heating surface is
l,S5,. 30 square feet. The total CRATE surface
is 27.3 square feet. The smoke box is ex-
tended. and is fitted with deiector
plate and netting. The stack is straight.
sixteen inches diameter inside. The boiler
Is designed 70 carry $50 pounds steam
pressure. The tender has a coal capacity
of six and three-quarter tons. and carries
$500 gallons OF water. It is O. fiedon two
four-wheeled trucks. each four feet five
inch wheel base. with thirty -six-inc b
wheels. The weight loaded is eighty thou
sand pounds, making the totsi weight OF
the engine and tender one hundred tons.
The tractlve force of the engine is 10 10
pounds superintendent buchanan ex-
planned that S9S would haul the flyer I'd
Albany; No. 907, from Albany &c Syracuse,
No. 9c5. from Syracuse 60 Rochester. The
three are Identical. and were constructed
for the chief purpose of maintaining q
speed of sixty miles per hour with q
standard train.
THE FLYER" TRAIN.
Tho flyer" train is made up of new Wag-
ner sleepers. with buffet car. and they
are fresh from the shops. Tho buffet
smoker. which is next TO the engine. is q
composite car. The smoking section Of ID
Is finished in mahogany, with twelve easy,
movable chairs. upholstered In velvet Tht
bangings are of silk, and there are two
leather upholstered sections for card play
ers. There is barber shop. bath room. @
library of standard novels and periodl cale,
| daily and other wise. The second car, ths
Paoli. IS finished with mahogany, up-
holstered In blue plush. has sixteen sec-
tioDs. lighted with ten chandeliers. each
| having four burners The Escort and the
| Euterpe the third and fourth cars. are
| identical Each has two staterooms that
may be used singly or en- suite. the divid-
| ing partition In the last case being folded
away as quickly as transformation scenery
| of the stage.
In q closet near the door of each cor on
| the train is n little hydraulic pump that
| could be covered by half bushel measure.
| Alcohol Is used. and q pressure of two
| thousand pounds is the pumps caDacity.
| The purpose of this bit of machinery 10 To
| apply live hundred pound pressure TO buff
| fers of n new design that extend acroes the
| end of each car. They are so constructed
| that while kept by hydraulic pressure Alb
soIutely close they so conform themselves
| to curves that the train 10 practically a
| solid car. This construction gives the
| platform the entire width of the car. the
| steps being let down from and closed up
| against the outside OF the vesIlbnle by q
| lever inside. The hydraulic pressure OF
five hundred pounds may be applied 10 the
| buffers In three minutes and released IN
| three seconds This device 10 the inven-
tion OF Arthur G. Leonard. private eeoro-
| tary to Vice President Webb. The entire
| train is lighted by gas. enough of which
| may be stored at either end of the journey
| to last q round trip.
THE ENGINEER AND HIS FIREMAN.
Many of the leading officials of the road
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