PRESENT RAILROAD SPEED AND OLD IDEAS.
Between L mdon and E linbnrgh the greajter park of the journey is done at a .speed exceeding 50 miles an hour; the 105 miles between Grantham and King's Cross average 54 miles for the whole journey; and si>me time ago the 4.18 p,m. train from Grantham vras timed to run 24 mies in 22 minutes, one mile being done in 46 aecouds, or at the rate of 74 miles an hour. Compare thk . witti th'o anticipations of the' laiai! generation. In J 825 the Quarterly { Review, in an'appreciative article ois the proposed Woolwich railway, deprecated mny wild estimites as to speed. " We will back old Father Thames," it said,"' against the Woolwich railway for auy sun. We trust that Parliament will, in all railways it may sanction, limit the speed to eight op nine miles an hour, which is as as c.f4 Us venture! ou >yith safety— -JSTtaiteenti jptosfwy, ' " ' ; ■.
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 3, 31 January 1890, Page 2
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156PRESENT RAILROAD SPEED AND OLD IDEAS. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 3, 31 January 1890, Page 2
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