The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-26
LONG RUNS ON ENGLISH RAILROADS.
sixty-eiEht Trains . Day Cover . Hundred
miles or Over without q Stop.
From the London Daily Mad.

From the London Daily Mail
No railway development within recent months
has been more marked than the great increase
in the number OF long-distance runs. A few
years back the number OF trains which made a
journey OF upward OF 100 miles without a stop
could almost Dc counted on the fingers Of one
hand. Now every day sixty-eight trains make a
run Of 100 miles and over without a stop.
In the actual number Of such runs the Great
Northern Railway stands first, as nineteen OF
its expresses run distances varying from
1925 miles to 100 miles without a stop. The
Northwestern has fifteen daily 100 mile runs,
includingsfour of 1853 miles and three Of 1921
miles. The Great Western Company's runs in
clude the longest daily run without a stop in the
world, viz. that between Paddington and Exc.
ter. 1914 miles. The total number OF daily runs
on this line amounts to twelve.
The Great Northern Company were probably
the ori2inators Of the long.distance run, rs for
years their Scotch, Sheffield, and other ex.
presses have travelled to Grantham. 1851
miles. without 4 stop, and at present there arc
fifteen Of these trains running daily. But the
mammoth runs of $50 and 200 miles could
never have been attempted without Mr.. Rams
bottoms invention Of picking. up water while
travelling at full speed by means Of troughs
placed between the rails, into which a canvas
scoop Is lowered. the speed at which the train
Is travelling forcing the water up into the ten
der. For many years the Northwestern was
the only line to possess these troughs. and that
is why this company's tenders are 80 much
smaller and lighter than those Of most other
companies, though within recent years other
lines:have put down troughs, notably the Ian.
cashire and Yorkshire and tho Great Western
companies.
The longest run without a stop ever made is
said to have been made by n Pennsylvania
Railroad train. 43s miles being accomplished
In this country was one on the Northwestern, be.
tween Enston and Carlisle. q distance OF over
2 2Isee % on Sept, This p. 1857 EspaF fna train i91 ronsi.,s s9o q
seven 42,foot coaches. weighing about ll2 tons
and was drawn by the Ionic. one OF Mr.; Webb's
medium-sizod compound locomotives. The rate
Of speed was slightly over fifty miles an hour,
and the only passengers were officials. who
They carefully examined the train. hut no
single bearing had heated, and everything was
Some months since this company started run.
ming boat trains to Liverpool. from Eueton to
EdGehili without a stop; in this caFe the dis
journey on this system Is between Euston and
Grove. This run was first started during the
p ord ti If the f%i" Grest Western II stern ) t s started e 'f It's ' Exeter etsr
run a few months ago.
The Great Western seemed determined TO
win hack that reputation for speed which they
had In the old days Of the broad gauge Ely.
ing Dutchman," and such lceway has It
ulhuc up curing tIb lhsb ehbt DIltH iIIh
now 1t is second to none, either in rate OF
speed or distance Of run. This Improvement
was accomplished bv buying up the refresh
ment room at Swindon-thereby saving tho
stop at that station. which had formerly been
necessary, as they were under contract to the
prolrietors tn stop all trains thtre-and putting
down water troughs near Goring and Bristol.
The result Is that now the "Cornishman" runs
daily from Paddington to Exeter; q distance OF
1914 miles. al an average speed OF 534 miles nm
honr; and the "Welshman'' covers the 10
miles from Newport TO Paddington at n little
over AZ miles nm hour.
The LONGEST runs on some Of the other lines
are the Great NorIhern's 100 miles, between
Kings Cross and Newark. AT Just over = miles
in the hour: the Northeastern's Newcastle and
Edinburgh run. 12lh, miles at So miles, per
hour; the Midland's ST. Pancras TO Nottingham.
1874 miles. at the same rate of speed as the pre-
vious one. and he excellent run OF 1873 miles
between Carlisle and Stirling over some OF the
worst bits Of, line in the country,-on the Gale
DOMAIN, which is accomplished In two hours
and twenty-three, minutes; at an average speed
one long daily run, viz, that between Liverpool
street and Croner really North Wal:ham,, z
a. sneed OF 80 miles. while the lines south
Westerns Bourncmouth to ,VauXhall train
1861 miles in two hours and twelve minutes,
or at a rate OF just over AZ miles an hour.