. The locomotive engineer . s a double truck, not pro-tected by block signals. It is rather crooked inplaces, but has very slight grades. The fast tminsstop at Trenton Junction, Jenkiutown, and Qirardavenue, make a circuitous entry into Philndclpbia. 40 miles away, making one slop fn rautr. The are taken over this piece of diflicull road fora distance of 130 miles in 3 hours and 5S minutes,or at the average speed of 47 miles per hour. So the reader can plainly see that to make thiskind of time, including all stops, ferries aud slow-downs to scoop water, etc., that all of the roadsh
. The locomotive engineer . s a double truck, not pro-tected by block signals. It is rather crooked inplaces, but has very slight grades. The fast tminsstop at Trenton Junction, Jenkiutown, and Qirardavenue, make a circuitous entry into Philndclpbia. 40 miles away, making one slop fn rautr. The are taken over this piece of diflicull road fora distance of 130 miles in 3 hours and 5S minutes,or at the average speed of 47 miles per hour. So the reader can plainly see that to make thiskind of time, including all stops, ferries aud slow-downs to scoop water, etc., that all of the roadshave to run the trains eonsiderably more than amile per minute between stations. TUE The Royal Blue trains are o step in the rightdirection toward the attainment of high are lighter than the usual trains on Americnnrailroads. Only four can< arc hauled un the fastesttrains. They are two day coaches, one parlorcar and a dining car, with a small baggage com-partment in one end. The ears are painted Jtoyal. ENOnSES OF THE FASTEST Tl IN AsIEUICA, and run over portions of the three roads to reachthe uationaf capital from the greatest metropolis ofthe continent. Thirty-one miles, from New Yorkto Bound Brook, over the C. R, R. of N. J., siitymiles over lUe Reading from Bound Brook to Phil-adelphia, aud the remainder over the B. & arethe [iroportions of truckage operated by each conditions to hs met are extremely ditlicuUfor the attainment of high average speeds, and thatthese trains are so seldom late is a credit to the reSpectlve operating dcpartmentA, and the engine andtrain men. To begin with, the Central road has the ferryfrom New York to Jersey Cily—one mile, uudKcro?athe crowded North River, This occupiestwelve minu tes from the lime the tive-bour time la and cover the intervening 60 miles in 73 minutes—50 milea per hour. The B. & 0. road is double track, and compara-tively new. The track is good, but has numerouscurves. The road is htlly, t
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