Rapid Railway Travelling.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7864, 5 July 1905, Page 2

Rapid Railway Travelling.

A 11KC01U) HIS, CHICAGO. June .V The Pennsylvania Railroad broke all records between .Now York im.\ Chicagjo to-day, by making the run of BU7 miles in .17 hours fiat. This feat, was accomplished hy two social V'fti n S' «t*e fiiniilflg from New York to, Pittsburg i a 8 hours 50 minutes, and the other mlaking the trip from Pittsburg to Chicago in 8 hours' JO minutes. The runs were trials of speed tm demonstrate the ability of let* Pennsylvania to put an 18 hour train into service, and make tho schedule with ease under ordinary circumstances. In several ways the Chicago en.l of the run wan tvtuarhablc. Alt the way from .P}ltsb,ui'£ the special tr«.jn, ibnariug railroad oflicjalg aiid employees, encountered severe head winds, which greatly retarded the speed. Despite this handicap, 4(iH nuh's weiK made at au avet'age rate of 57.7 miles an hour. The New York Pittsburg end of itlm nin, necessitating mountain crossing, was made at all average rii|U» of 18 mihw an hour. Thi\ combing runs were made at a". average, riitc of ;V2.H milc-g pyr hp.iji\ which is tlio fnstegl ever- made, between the two cities, Tho train was luado up of exactly the equipment which the Pennsylvania special will carry—tin umlne and six cars. The run from Warsaw. Ind., to Chicago, 108 miles, was made ki( 118 liijiiutcs. Out of Crestliine. for a distance of more than 100 miles, the speed was better than a mile a minute. The ynaximum speed recorded by an isdd'rator in'ono Of the ears was 92 miles an hour, maintained for almost three iiiKles, .