The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-25
THE WORLDS RECORD
For Fast Long Distance Run Made Over
the Lake shore Road Yesterday,

For Fast Long Distance Run Made Over
the Lake shore Road Yesterday
BUFFALO, n. Y, Oct, 94,-Tha worlds
record for railroad speed over great
distance was broken by u special train
on tho Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
railroad, which ran from Ono Hun.
dredth street, Chicago, to Buffalo
crock, Buffalo, a distance Of 5lO.l miles
in 4Sl minutes and Z seconds, az aver.
ago speed OF $3.50 miles an hour. This
time includes stopS. Exclusive OF OtopS,
the run was made in 40 minutes 10
seconds, average speed OF 6tOS miles
au hour,
The New York CentrRpG record OF
Seplembsr II was an average speed oI
GaGl miles an hour, including stops,
and 81, 60 miles al hour exclusive of de-
lay. The train left ChicagO this mora
lug at 3 9.3O:27, central time, and arrived
at Buffalo creek at ll;J0;3i, Four min
utes later tho train came to stop ia
the Central station in Buffalo. The
train was made up Of three coaches, an
engine and tender. The coaches were
two Wagner drAwinRrOom cars, NADIA.
gascar and Esmeralda, and Dr.. Seward
Webbs private car ElIsmoro, the COM
bined weight Of which is 81 800 pounds.
The weight OF the engine aud tender
was $4,000 pounds, making the total
weight OF tho train 4SS, 800 Bounds.
Different engines were on each OF the
divisions, and tho run for tho
divisions we're; Chicago to Elkhart, S1.4
miles, in Sj minutes and 20 seconds.
Elkhart to Toledo. 1884 miles, in l2+
minutes aud 80 seconds. Toledo to
Cleveland, 1918 miles, in LOG minutes
aud seconds. Cleveland to Eric, 300
miles, in eghty.ivs minutes aud 81
seconds. Erie to Buffalo, 50 miles, In 10
minutes aud l6 seconds. Between Chi.
cago and Elkhart the train was obliged
to slow down for railroad crossings eight
times aud to scoop water once.
The engine which pulled the train
over this division was No, 867, Mark
Floyd, engineer This engine is a stand.
ard Lake Shore passenger engine, (eiGht
Wheeler), built by tho Brooks locomotive
works, at Dnukirk. New York, aud do.
signed BY George W. Stevens, superin'
tendont OF motive power for tho Lake
Shore ( Michigan Southern railway.
Tho diameter Of her drivers il 72 inches;
sizp OF cylinders II by - inches;
weight OF drivers, Gj,00O pounds; total
weight, exclusive OF tender, 100000
poundh
At Elkhart, two minutes aud eleven
seconds were lost in changing engines.
Engine No. 800, David Lucan, pulled the
train to Toledo, and on this ruu eight
slow downs we're made for crossings and
water. At Toledo, two minutes and
thirty.night seconds were loIt in chRng-
ing engines. Here No. 100 was attach.
ed, James Lathrop. engineer, aud moro
trouble was experienced in delays. Be-
sideI tho inevitable stops for draw
bridges and railroad crossings, one dead
stop was made for red tisg. where the
actual time standing still without COM
putting tho loss in slowing down from
a speed OF seventy-two miles an hour
and OF getting 10 speed again was two
minutes ana five seconds. At Cleye-
land, Que minute and iortY.6ve seconds
were consumed in changing to engine
No. sos, which was piloled by Jacob
Gamer, drow the train to Eric at tue
iasteh average yet attained. But the
greatest record was made on the last
lap from Eric to Buffalo, where the big
ten.w heelor, No. 5Gi, William Turnkey,
engineer, picked up the train aud pulled
her into Buffalo at ar average speed OF
over seventy miles an hour