The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-18
NINE LONG DISTANCE RUNS OF
AMERICAN TRAINS MADE
LAST YEAR.
death Valley" Scott and Hartman
Hold the Record for Trip Across
the Country.

In the year just closed nine new
nigh speed records were made on the
railroads of the United States, the av-
erage varying from 44.3 to 70 miles an
hour. There were two sensational long
distance runs; one by the Death VAL
ley' Scott special from Los Angeles to
Chicago at fifty miles an hour for the
entire distance, the other by the E.
H. Hartman special from Oakland,
Cal, to Jersey City, at 44.3 miles an
hour. Mr.. Hartman was on his way
with his family and friends from Japan
to New York, to testify before the in
surance investigation.
The Hartman special smashed the
! famous record of the Jarrett and Palm
er theatrical special from New York to
Oakland, 3311 miles, which averaged
1858 miles an hour.
The record of the nine record break
ing runs of 1905 was as follows
Oct. 23-Harriman special, Oakland
to Jersey City, 3239 miles; average
speed 443O
July 9-"Death Valley Scotts spe-
cial, Los Angeles to Chicago, 2246
miles; average speed 50.
Daily New York Central Twentieth
Century Limited, New York to Cnica-
go, 964 miles; average 53.35.
Nov 3-Pennsylvania's 1S-hour Chi
cago Flyer, Harrisburg to Chicago, TIT
miles; average Sc.
June 13-Twentieth Century Limited
On Lake Shore road, Chicago to Buffalo
525 miles; average $3.50.
Oct. 24-Eighteen-hour flyer on
to Clark Junction, 257 miles; average
7455
May 14-Sea Shore Flyer, Atlantic
City to Camden, 55% miles; average
1926
Oct. 24-Same train, Crestline to
Fort Wayne, 131 miles; average 1871.
June S-1S-hour flyer on Pennsylva-
mia railroad East Tolleston to Don
aldson, so miles; average 70.
Mr. Harriman's journey Of 7715
miles from Yokohama to New York
was made in 10 days, 16 hours, 43 min
utes. His train started east five hours
after he got off the steamer at San
Francisco.
The highest average speed made by
the Hartman special was 49.1 miles
from Chicago to Buffalo, 532 miles.
The next best average was 40 miles an
hour over the Union Pacific from
Green River, Wyo., to Omaha, Neb.,
S24 miles.
Previous to the run of the Death
Valley" Scott special the best average
time from Los Angeles to Chicago was
1856 miles an hour.
The New York Centrars eighteen
hour Chicago-New York flyer has to
cover a longer distance than the eight
cen hour train on the Pennsylvania,
and So has a higher schedule speed av-
erage.
The run of the Pennsylvania eight
een-hour flyer on November 3, to make
up lost time was remarkable in that
the train averaged 58.7 miles an hour
on the steady up grades from Harris
burg to Altoona.
When the Pennsylvania eighteen
hour flyer beat it's own best record on
Oct. "a, it consisted Of four cars
with 100000 pounds weight on the
driving wheels.
The Atlantic City Camden run of
55ss miles in 4233 minutes was made
with a five-car train weighing 100000
pounds drawn by an engine weighing
$4,000 pounds.
All of the speed records of 1905 were
obtained by the enormous locomotives
of the atlantic" and Pacific" types,
with driving wheels feet inches in
diameter. The Atlantic City engines
had driving wheels feet in diameter.
The notable thing about the 1895
train performance is that the trains
were heavier than those of previous
years.