The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-28
SEVERAL CARS IN THE MEADOW
 MUD.

MUD.
 The big new freight yard of the Con- solidated road at Cedar Hill, near the Air Line road tracks, where it starts across the meadows, was the scene of a somewhat unusual accident this week In switching freight cars at the yard, the locomotive gave a string of cars too strong a push and several Of the cars went down the embankment. They sank into the soft mud of the meadows and 1t took eight hours of good solid work to get the cars back up the bank and on to the tracks again.
 HAD FIFTY-ONE LOADED CARS.
 New London, March 2I-The first of the big locomotives that was built for the Consolidated road rolled In here yesterday morning, having trailing be- hind fifty-one cars loaded with railroad iron, the longest and heaviest train that ever came over the Shore Line. She was bound to Boston from Harlem river and after depositing her train on the tracks over at Fort Neck, coaled and watered at the Hallam street yard.
 lueIl S1e WdlIGh Illlll ONlAIA AANAt5AANN and accommodations that could make quicker time had gone ahead and at 2 o'clock was attached to her train again. She picked it up and carried 1t across the big bridge without assist ance when at all times heretofore the switch engine has had to push behind other freight trains east bound until they get over the grade.
 It was expected that the switch en- gine's assistance would be needed and she kept near enough behind to help in case the big train got stalled. She didn't. She just yanked that heavy train over the bridge and on to Boston, feat never performed on the line before, and impossible with the lighter engines, whose usual load is twenty eight cars.
 The big train yesterday was an ex- pertinent to test the power of the new locomotives in carrying a train of that weight from New York to Boston. From all accounts it was entirely suc- cessful.
 The train was numbered 276, with Engineer John Kinney and Conductor Charles Smith. She had on board one thousand tons of steel rails to be used on tine Nantasket branch, which is now in course of construction.
 NEW YORK CENTRAL TROLLEYs-- BUFFALO BRANCH TO NIAGARA.
 Last nights New York Evening Post says:
 Although all the details of the plan have not yet been completed, it is prob able that within a short time the New York Central railroad will introduce the trolley system on it's road between Buff falo and Niagara FaHs. Estimates are being prepared for the change, and when they are ready definite action will be taken.
 The idea was suggested by the pro- posed paralleling of the road by troll ley company. Chauncey M. Depew said to-day that if new company could build a road and equip it and make money there was no reason why the New York Central, with it's fine road bed, stations and appliances, could not do the same. The tracks were not in use all of the time, and it would be pos sible to run frequent trains at a high rate of speed to accommodate the local
 
 ble on a steam railroad. The power to operate the trains would be obtained from the Niagara Falls Power company and special cars would be built.
 The present plans contemplate troll ley system and motor cars of such pow CT that trains of the most improved pas senger coaches may be drawn over the line at the same rate of speed as at present. The fares, however will be reduced, and the comfort will be far greater i'm the summer months for cin- ders, smoke and other inconvenience of steam railway will be avoided. The exact time for putting the new motive power into operation is not known, but it is hoped that the road will be ready for passengers when the excursion sea- son is opened in the coming summer"