The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18
: RUNNING ROYAL" SPECIALS.
Records for European Monarchs, But America Beats Europe's Best.


 America Beats Europe's Best.
 London News.
 In connection with the running of spe- i cial trains between London and the west
 of England on the forthcoming vislt ol l the King and Queen to Dartmouth, some
 about the long "breaks which will be
 performed by the royal train may pc
 furnished. On the down journey the run
 from Paddington to kingswear VII pe l accomplished without an intermeoiate halt II, the companys working nih. ! tables the distance pans ont to I-o miies | 64 chains. but from this about zo chains
 ought to be deducted. as the train VIII ! take the Bristol short cut. when a'oloe i the Temple Meads station. The return l journey is to be made from Plymouth 10 | London. and assuming that ths startinS 1 point Is Plymouth North Road the length | of this break will be 246 miles Both VIII be record runs as far as the Great Yves | tern Company Is concerned. but not the l slightest difficulty is anticipated m ac- | complaining the same. The only extra, neous apparatus necessary Tor runs oi | this length Is the Ramsbottom track trough, so that the engine tender may be
 replenished in speed The Great western Company has long possessed these troughs | at two points on their line between Lon don and Bristol, namely. near Goring, | and near the Tiverton tunnel: and now l new troughs. of extraordinary length, are being constructed on the Bristol-Exeter section, namely. at Creech. which Is sit
 uated between Durston and Taunton The completion of the latter Is being hurried on in view of the royal trip. A report has been circulated that the company is building a new mammoth locomotiIe Tor the express purpose of hauling the royal train. As a matter of fact, an ordinary member of the most up-to-date batch of MT. Deans leviathaDs. will be utilized. The engine Is No. 3374. "Baden-Powell." member of the "Atbara" class. The l-A x1~I I-lx rt.nA lie six feet eight inches in diameter, and the boiler, which is of the large dome
 less type. Is provided with Belpaire firebox.
 for the occasion. was the engine which hauled the royal funeral train on Feb-
 ruary 9, 19ol while "Baden-Powelr' was
 the advance pilot. By the way ,the mag encircled the Atbara's or Royal sover- eign's smoke box has been preserved. Enshrined In a suitably engraved case, 1t adorns the walls of the grand hall Of the Swind ons Railway Mems Institute, where
 also may be seen the oak-mounted name plates of Brunefs leviathans of the dear
 old broad gauge. It must be added that
 since "Baden-Poweli was selected for engine has been withdrawn from ordi-
 nary service. and Is now being carefully overhauled and subjected to series or trials Further. trial trip over the full
 distance 10 De perIOrHleu VIII ne on a Sunday It Is expected that the speed of the royal train will be about the same as that which in June last ran to Cardiff and back for the Royal Agri- cultural Show, and attained an inclusive rate of speed of fifty-five miles per hour
 We have said that the runs in question will be records for the Great Western Company. but the British record will still be held by the London and Northwestern Company. On Monday in September. 1895. a special train ran through rom
 Huston to Carlisle. a distance of 2S9 l-4
 miles without stop. Of course, there
 were track troughs at intervals all tne
 way The load consisted of guards
 van. two composite carriages. two sleep-
 ing saloons. composite carriage ana
 guards van-aggregate weight ll2 tons.
 The engine was one of the smaller ana
 earlier of MT. Webb's compounds, named the Ionic. The train. which conveyed no passengers. only officials, left Huston at HAS 6. m., and arrived at Carlisle at ged hfty-one miles per hour, This achievement was hailed at the time as being the worlds record long run, but the claim was immediately and justly disputed by America.
 Twenty-six years ago the Pennsylvania Company established record which has never since been approached. The occa- sion was a special train, chartered oy the Jarrett-Palmer theatrical company; to convey them from New York 10 San Fran cisco $500 miles, in three and hall days. or at the rate of speed of forty miles per hour throughout. The train lett Jersey City tNew York) at 12:53 a, m June l. 1878 and did not stop until it reached Pittsburg. 4S9 1-2 miles distant, at 10:5S a. m. Therefore. the rate of speed throughout this extraordinary run average 43.6 miles per hour. Absolutely the wheels did not stop revolving at any time between Jersey City and PittsbHrg. and the speed of the train never dropped below thirty miles per hour. No attempt was made to create record for speed.
 An extra supply of coal was earned on the baggage car and a tank of water. the latter in case the supply on the ten der gave out between the track troughs on the different divisions. It was not necessary. however. to draw on the extra supply of water No special arrangements were made for fabrication; but before starting the journal boxes were packed. oiled and shut up tight, and they did not require any further attention before reaching Pittsburg. The same driver was in charge of the engine during the run but he had the assis-S nee of pilot drivers over each of the four divisions. while two or three extra firemen were carried The foregoing details are official. having been supplied by the Pennsylvania Com pany to Mir. Ackworth when the Euston- Carlisle run was being discussed.
 At the present date. and for many years past, the longest run in the States. performed in ordinary service. is the 14S.e miles between New York and Troy. the time allowed being three hours. speed 469 miles per hour. British rail- ways easily beat this. Every day. except Sunday, the Great Western r''''s ''"''''e''' Exeter and Paddington. 1s3 5-S miles. in three hours and thirty-eight minutes. which gives a speed of SSS miles per hour; while four times a week the North western Company's American Liner Yes tihuled Specials" run between Huston and Liverpool EdgehilD. 192 1-4 miles. in three hours and forty-f1ve minutes. which f,,.. ,s-l,1 z ,.,tlA G,Rw Franco also has a very creditahle long run--namely, Paris to Arras 120 miles. in two hours and ten minutes, speed h5.S miles oer hour; and when the "Nord' have laid their track trouRhs at Ahhe- vile thev intend running between Paris and Calais without a stop. covering the 1S5 l." miles in three hours. or at S2 miles ner hour throughout. Four factors are necessary for accomplishing long runs namely, the tender must carry enough