The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-12
F4Sr R4ILROID TIME,

A Big Run Yesterday From New York TO
Buffalo by New York Central Flyer
Ran 90 1-3 Miles an our-Heduced the
Record TO Albany, But Failed to Equal
England's Time,
New York, Sept, 1.-THE New York
Central train which left this city this
morning to break the record to Buffalo
arrived there at 1888 o'clock this after
noon, making the run of 4S61s miles in
4O7 minutes,
The average was GA Ia miles an hour
The new record was made with a
counterpart of the Empire State eX-
press, drawn from New York to AL
bany by locomotive $40. The best rec
ord OF the road was made by the EN-
pire State express in 1884, when the
distance from this city to- Buffalo, 1851
miles, was made I'M 4S91A minutes, in
Guiding all stops.
The train this morning, which was
out for a new record, was in charge Of
Third Vice President H. Walter Webb,
who accompanied it during the entire
trip. 1t left the Grand Central station
at $4,000 o'clock. All along the line
| persons gathered at the stations TO see
the flyer go by. Where stops We're
made as little time as possible was lost.
| The train covered the distance from
Poughkeepsie, seventy miles, in 621a
minutes The total run from New York
to Albany was made in hours and IA
minutes.
| A telegram was received from Gener-
al Passenger Agent Daniels at the
Grand Central depot this morning stat
ing that the rate of speed maintained
| by the train from this city to Albany
was GA 3-1O0 miles per hour.
From New York to Syracuse, exclu-
sive of the stop at Albany, the rate of
speed was So 49-100 miles an hour.
The train passed through Rochester
| at 11:3S o'clock.
| The train consisted of four heavy
cars, viz: One combination smoking
| and baggage car, weight SS,470 pounds;
one coach, 80, 140 pounds; one coach, 49,
700 pounds, and private car Maraquita,
weight 100000 pounds. The total weight
of the four cars is $685. $40 pounds. This Is
practically the same as the regular
equipment of the Umpire State express,
except that I'M regular service the latter
train has drawing room car instead
of a private car of about the same
weight
The engines hauling the train were
No. S70 the first of the new class Of
locomotives built for the New York
| Central at the Schenectady locomotive
works, weight 100000 pounds; No. 903,
practically a counterpart of No. $40,
also built at the Schenectady locomotive
works, and the famous prize locomotive,
No 999, built from designs by William
Buchanan, superintendent Of motive
power, at the West Albany shops Of
the New York Central, weight 204,0
i pounds.
/ The fastest previous trial time for
speed was made on September IA, 1891,
when special train was sent to AL
i bany, covering the distance in 139 min
utes and 43 seconds.
The experiment of to-day beats this
| record by over five minutes.
/ The English train that made the re-
I cent run OF $40 miles in 512 minutes
consisted of three standard English
railway carriages, having a total length
of 126 feet, exclusive of the engine, or
only about two-fifths of the length of
the American train,and weighing much
less than half as much.
The corrected time as to the records
made by the English and American
| trains is:
London to Edinburgh GsS0 400 miles,
in $40 minutes
New York to Buffalo, experimental
run september IA, 1S91), 44o miles, in
439h minutes.
New York to Buffalo October 26, 1871
440 miles in $40 minutes. This is the
record of the New York CentraPs EN-
pfre State express Which has rum every
day, except Sunday, since October rs,
1891, ON the same schedule time.
London to AberdeenaAugust2 %, 1880
$40 miles in 5f2 minutes.