The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-28
NEW YORK TO wAsiIiSGT0N
In Pour Hours and FiiIy-Five Minutes,
ID. g. O. Locomotive No. s52 Monday
Drew Five Pullman Cars In That

In Four Hours and FitIy-Five Minutes,
ID. & O. Locomotive No. s52 Monday
Drew Five Pullman Cars In That
Tiu,e-Fastesi Time on Record.
The fastest time ever made between
New York and Washington, consider
ing the weight OF the train and the
many disad vantages of the day. was
by the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company Modday
when engine No. S52, with five heavy
Pullman cars, ran between the two
cities In four hours and iifty-fiye min
,utes.
The train, which made the remarka.
BILE run, carried 175 delegates from
New York and Pennsylvania to the
National Convention of the Electric
Light Association at Washington.
The train left New York at LEO
O'Clock, and on arriving at Philadel-
'phia had lost five minutes, tho storm
making 1t impossible for the enginee r
to sec very far ahead. The cars were
Of the Pullman latest make. 73 feet
long and each Weighing 80, 200 pounds,
beside the weight OF human freight.
There were five of these aggregating
$50, 600 pounds, yet the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company WAS confident
iof making the bost time between tho
cities, aud that In q storm which ha d
Ito be faced the entire route. Engineer
I Quincy had charge Of the big loco
m olive, while fireman Bachus saw
that she was properly supplied with
fuel. L. L. Bull was conductor, and
aboard the train with him were Walter
Lnckey, OF Philadelphia. aud John
Barron, OF this city. John F. Clayton,
supervisor OF locomotives Of Philadel-
phia Division, rode in the engine. The
train pulled out of the Chestnut street
depot exactly at $50 o'clock. Little
speed could be made until the train
had passed out OF the long yard there
and to use the words of a prominent
railroad man, you could have stepped
on her"
After leaving the yard the track was
clear as far as Baltimore. and then 1t
was that the fastest time on record
was to be made. Fireman liachus was
ready for the run and firing his loco
motive to her utmost capacity, the
heavy train passed through this city
lat O'Clock, making the run in half
an hour. The run from Carrcroft to
Delaware Avenue, a distance OF over 3
miles, was accom- plished In three MIN
utes. The train when passing here
was moving ut a so mile an hour clip.
Newark was reached in IL minutes
and the run from that point to Canton
65 miles, was made In 80 minutes.
From Canton to Washington, the time
consumed was just an hour. counting
the IA minutes transportation across
the bay.
If the time lost by the slow run
ming of the train through the yards
lat Philadelphia. East Junction. Balti-
more and Washington and the four
teen minutes lost by barge transport
ltation deducted. as ID done when re-
cords are being nade by other compa-
Inies. tile time would b5 the best ever
Notwithstanding the
heavy train. and the stormy weather.
Engine No. $50 has made several
fleet runs before. She has run as
fast as as seconds to a mile and fire.
Iquently runs between this city aud
Philadelphia In 80 minutes. Speed
and comfort are what the travelling
public want. and patronizers OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad get it.
This is modern railroadlng.