Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-08-03

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Fast trains virtually draw Chicago
and New York 100 miles closer to-
gether than they have ever been be-
fore. a Chicago man is now able to
go TO New York and spend an entire
day there and lose only that day from
his business in Chicago. He is able
to go to New York and spend almost
as much time as he could at a Michi-
gan summer home and get back as
quickly.
With regular train covering nearly
a thousand miles at an average speed
of more than ifty-four miles an hour.
the American railroad sets a pace for
all the roads of the world. There are
no fast European trains which run so
great distance. Even the world ia
nous London Aberdeen train. which
travels the J23 miles between the two
cities at the rate of sixty miles an
hour, is outdone by the new eighteen
hour American trains, which on the
west end of the run will maintain the
sixtymile an hour rate. and at times
will run much faster than that.
The New York Central and Lake
Shore lines have now reduced the rum
ming time of the Twentieth Century
limited train from twenty hours to Il
regular schedule of eighteen hours. AS
the Pennsylvania Railroad runs, it Is
800 miles from Chicago to New York
The running tne between the two
cities on this road is eighteen hours.
Goes Like the Wind.
The New York Central eighteen hour
train. however. travels much faster
than the Pennsylvania train. for it's
route is $50 miles long Its average
running time is J4.4 miles per hour.
not taking into consideration loss OF
time for stops. The New York Central
train frequently Is compelled to reach
a speed of more than eighty miles an
hour to cover the $50 miles in 1850
minutes. Recently on its regular run
from the East to Chicago the Twenti-
eth Century limited ran from Toledo,
Ohio, to Elkhart, Ind, 800 miles. in
1903 minutes. From Elkhart to Chica go
the train covered the 1O1 miles. max
Ing five full stops. in 95 minutes. Last
year this same train made the run
from New York to Chicago, $50 miles.
IN fifteen hours and forty-tive minutes.
Railroad men say that the schedule
may be cut to seventeen and then to
sixteen hours.
Heretofore no railroad has attempt.
ed to maintain schedule of less than
twenty hours between Chicago AMI
New York. During the Worlds Fair
in 1893 the New York Central "EXposi-
ton Flyer" ran for 1903 days on a
twenty-hOur schedule, and three years
ago the same road inaugurated the
twenty hour schedule for its "Twentl-
eth Century limited" This roads
Empire State Express" has for four
teen years been the fastest 40O-mlle
eth Century limited has been the fast
est thousand-mile train.
The only train in the world which
runs at faster speed than the two
Chicago trains run is the London Car
isle express. This Is train which
makes its 3O0-mile journey without a
single stop. 1t has the right Of way
over all other traffic, and is forced to
run the 300 miles in just four hours.
or at the rate OF seventy five miles an
hour. The London Aberdeen train
which is considered a more marvellous
speedmaker in that it travels farther
than the Carlisle train maintains its
schedule of one mile minute for 523
miles. England is famous for its fin st
trains. but the trains that run out of
London do not travel such great dis
tances as do the American trains. The
London Aberdeen run is the longest
possible in Great Britain.
The Great Western Railroad Of Eng
land runs n train from London to
Exeter at the rate Of JJ.3 miles an
hour, while the London and North
westerns Manchester train maintains
schedule Of fifty three miles per
hour The Great NOrtherns London
hour train, while the London Crewe
train runs fifty-four miles an hour
There Is an express train which runs
between London and Wakefield thai
travels at the rate of $50 miles pei
hour while London Sheffield train is
scheduled at tifty-five miles per hour
Paris has several world famous
trains, but none that equals the sched
ule of the two new Chicago-New York
flyers. On the Nord Railroad. between
Paris and Calais, there is one traiT
scheduled at 5S.4 miles per hour. Thi.
train, however, makes run Of only
1856 miles. The Northern France ROAD
has eight trains daily whose speed ex
ceeds fifty eight miles per hour and
two trains whose speed exceeds sixty
miles per hour. These trains do no
run great distances.
For a short time London Plymouth
train maintained schedule Of 49,;
miles per hour The distance is 2ft
miles The entire run was made II
233 minutes.