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THIS HURTS NATIVE PRIDE
American Trains Rank Third in Point o.
Railroad Speed.
ENGLISH TRAINS FIRST, FRENCH SECoNI
Remarkable Long Runs Mt High Speed
without StOpping-Few Really
Fast Trains I'm This
Country.


Instinctively people think of speed as
the first and most interesting feature of
the railroad and in view of the develop
ment of railroads in the United States most
Americans will be surprised to learn that
this country is not first in the matter Of
fast trains. England holds the lead ana
France is a close second.
In this statement reference is made not
to the short bursts of speed which this or
that engine has shown and may never
show again, but to the regular scheduled
runs OF trains. In looking first at England
one is apt to be surprised to find how
many fast rains and long runs without
stops are made there daily
The fastest regular long distance run
without stop in the world Is on the Great
Western from London to Bristol 1lS1z miles
| in 100 minutes, or practically sixty miles
an hour. In order to drop passengers at
Bath a car is dropped from the train with
out stop. time saving device In operation
on a number of European roads, though
still unknown here.
The longest run without stop, made in
any country Is London to Liverpool on
the London Northwestern, 20l miles,
made at the rate of hfty-four miles an
hour The next longest is on the Midland,
from London to Leeds. 1856 miles, at the
| rate of hfty-two miles an hour.
The train In this country coming nearest
/ to these long runs without stop is the En-
pire State Express on the New York Cen
trail. from New York 20 Albany le miles,
at the rate OF So 64-lO0 miles an hour: and
| the time OF the same train TO Buffalo, l4O
miles in 800 minutes, is just a trife faster
than that OF the Midland express from
| London to Glasgow, AZ miles in $40 min
nutes. Each makes four regular stops
| The Northwestern runs a train from Lon
don to Glasgow, 4O11s miles, in eight hours,
making only two stops.
The Great Northern runs a train from
London to DOncaster. lJ6 miles, without
stop, In 169 minutes, at the rate OF 551z miles
an hour. While there is not quite so fast as
over England's new road from London 70
sheffield 165 miles. in 40 minutes, better
| than ffty-eight miles an hour, slipping a
car at Leicester without stop.
Fast Trains in the United states.
These fast and long runs are common
| 70 all trunk lines in England, while in
the United States the fast runs are all con
fined to two roads the New York Central
and the Pennsylvania, Compared TO many
English fast runs the time between New
York and Washington and Boston is slow
The distance TO the two cities from New
York is about the same. ana In both cases
the fastest trains make IL in ave hours (oI
q little over, now. to Boston,, OF al the
rate OF forty-siX miles an hour, three
stops being made in each case
For runs OF nearly Loo miles no country
can show trains TO compare with the New
| York and Chicago trains on the New Yorl
| Central. the best trains making the sSl
miles In 1850 minutes, or at fifty-four miles
an hour While this not quite so fast "a
the time made by the fast trains from Paris
| 10 Lyons ana MarseIlles the distance Il
twice as great as across France.
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