The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-26

Records-A Nile in Thirty-TwO
Seconds.
No country in the word enjoys such
facilities for fast railway travel as does
the United States. England. the home of
the first railway. had continuously UP 20
the year 1890 led the world in speed. and
is today still competitor Tor the honor
of having the most rapid trains. Ger
many. too. has endeavored 70 establish
a record for speed on her railways but
at the present time America IS ahead both
for long and short distance speed L Is
an astonishing fact. however. that COM
paratively little progress mas been made
by railways in the matter Of speed in the
past forty years. As far back as 1850 the
engine Governor Paine ran mile in for
ty-three seconds, and in 1879 a train on
the Pennsylvania railroad covered a mile
in fifty and one-fourth seconds, three
miles in two minutes and thirty-six and
one-fourth seconds. and five miles in four
minutes and fifty seconds.
In 1865 the Irish mail train on the Lon
don & Northwestern railway regularly
covered the distance from Euston Station
10 Holyhead. 2632t miles. in six hours and
forty minutes. or at an average speed Of
a trifie over thirty-nine and One-half miles
an hour. The running time Of this same
train seventeen years later, after all the
progress that IS generally supposed 70
have been made in railway speed, is SIX
hours and five minutes or an average
speed Of forty-three and thirty-siX hun
dredths miles. The Scotch flyer on the
same railway. running from London 10
Edinburgh, 400 miles, in 1863 required ten
and one-half hours 70 accomplish the
Journey, that being at a speed Of about
thirty-eight and one-tenth miles an hour.
In 1891 the time Of this train had been
reduced only two hours in the tOur-hun-
dred mile run, and the average speed IN
creased to a little over fOrty-seven miles
The first newspaper train IN England
(NOv. "a, 1910 ran over the London ~
Northwestern from London 70 Beatiock,
a distance Of about three hundred and Tor
~ miles, in nine hours and twelve MN
uteS. After fOrty-fiVe years Of rallrOadlng
the time Of the fast newspaper train be-
tween these two points has only been re-
duced about fifteen minutes. Before the
middle Of the present century had been
| reached the Pennsylvania Central railroad
| had al least three locomotives thai could
attain a speed Of four miles in three min
utes. or eighty miles an hour.
But Notwithstanding these old-time
records of speed. both in England ana
| the United States. the present list OF
| specially fast trains is long enough ana
! the trains themselves speedy enough 10
make travelling on some lines interesting
! and quick. The fastest train in the
| world Is the Empire State express, which
| runs daily from New York TO Buffalo, a
| distance of 440 miles, in 5O4 minutes.
| This gives an actual speed, deducunS
stops, of 50 1-3 miles an hour. The New
River
! road, which runs this train, has also the
| honor of being the first, and, in fact,
/ as yet the only, railway in the world 10
| run train at the rate Of sixty miles an
| hour over its entire length. A special
| train consisting of an engine and three
cars, the total weight being 2SO tons,
| started from New York Sept. IA. 1891,
and covered the distance to East Buff
| falo, 436 miles, in 426 minutes, deducting
| time lost in stops. This was at the rate
| of 61.44 miles per hour. AT Fairport
there was an unexpected delay on ac-
count of a hot driving box. UP TO thai
point the distance 1851 miles from New
/ York; had been covered in $50 minutes,
! including all stops. The Royal Blue line
train between Jersey City and Washing
| ton. 236 miles, is the second fastest reg
! uiar train in the United States. The
4 actual running time Of this train, lnclud-
| ing stops, Is AZ miles az hour. on re-
! cent trip, being delayed, the train COW
! cred the distance-not including stops
| in 260 minutes, or at the rate OF DID
| miles an hour. This train has been run
| for certain distances at the rate OF nine
| ~ miles an hour on more than one oc-
| casion. 1t has a record for six success
| sive miles between Plainfield and Eliz-
| abeth Of AZ, As, A., 80, "a and IS sec
| onds and an average speed for eleven
/ miles between Wayne Junction and
/ Yardley Of 70 1-3 miles an hour. The
! Boston flyer" on the New York, New
! Haven & Hartford railroad, covers the
| distance between New York and Boston.
| 230 miles, in five hours, or at the rate
! OF fOrty-siX miles an hour.
| There have been a number or Well
| authenticated accounts Of high speed for
| short distances in the past ten years on
! both sides of the Atlantic. Under favor
| able circumstances speed equal 10 20, so.
| 80 and even over 100 miles an hour have
! been made. The worlds record for a sin
| gle mile was made May II, 1893, by en-
| CINE 999 drawing the Empire state express
! between Rochester and Buffalo in 81 sec
! onds This is equivalent 10 ll212 miles an
hour! Previous t. that performance the
/ fastest time in the world was made with
| a light engine, without cars attached. on
| the New York Central road, in 80 seconds.
| A special train on the Philadelphia &
Reading railroad recently covered a mile
| in 1914 seconds, or at the rate Of 900 per
/ hour.
| A most remarkable long-dlstance rail-
| way journey, and the fastest time for its
! length and time consumed in the trip.
| was made in 1891. On the 18th Of August
| the steamship Empress of Japan arrived
| at Vancouver, British. Columbia, after
quick trip from Yokohama. A special
| train on the Canadian Pacific railway.
! consisting Of one mail, one baggage and
/ one sleeping car, started at ! p. m. with
| thirty-three bags Of mail, and ran 10
I Brockville, Canada, a distance of 279z
| miles in rs hours and 81 minutes. the
average speed being 1922 miles an hour.
! From Brockville the train was ferried
\ over to M0rristown from whence the run
was made TO New York. 36l miles. in six
! hours and So minutes, or at the rate Of
| 18l miles an hour. The mails which
came by this train were put on board the
steamship City Of New York, and were
| delivered in London Sept. 9 by special
| train after the arrival Of the steamer, the
| whole distance from japan being under
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