. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . How fast can one travel from New-York to the Pacilic coast? Most peo-ple have the idea that the trip occupiesabout five days. As a matter of factit can be accomplished any time in theyear in 90 hours and 10 minutes, usingregular trains, and without risking con-nections. Note the schedule: Spc< <! Miles Miles. Ilrs. Min. per hi. Arr. Chicago 970 17 55 Kansas City 1,428 30 15 La Junta. 1,999 45 30 Albuquerque ... 2,347 57 50 Williams, 2,725 70 30
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . How fast can one travel from New-York to the Pacilic coast? Most peo-ple have the idea that the trip occupiesabout five days. As a matter of factit can be accomplished any time in theyear in 90 hours and 10 minutes, usingregular trains, and without risking con-nections. Note the schedule: Spc< <! Miles Miles. Ilrs. Min. per hi. Arr. Chicago 970 17 55 Kansas City 1,428 30 15 La Junta. 1,999 45 30 Albuquerque ... 2,347 57 50 Williams, 2,725 70 30 Angeles 3,235 90 10 The route is by 18-hour train toChicago, thence by Santa Fe to thecoast. It will be seen that even as farwest as New Mexico the average speedfrom New York exceeds 40 miles perhour. This is, incidentally, the quick-est route to Kansas City. The besttime via St. Louis is 31 hours 55minutes. Andrew Linn Bostwick. St. Louis, Mo. Engine with Mason Bell : I enclose herewith picture of engineW. D. Sewall, which carried the firstMason Standard bell stand of this pat-. FIRST MASON BELL STAND. tern. It was installed October 31. engine was built by the Mason Ma-chine Works, of Taunton. Mass. Relic River, Mass. Wrongly Used Air-Brake Valves. Editor: Having been asked wdiat would be theresult of attempting to use an H6 brake valve on an engine equipped withthe 115 brake or if an attempt wasmadi to use the H5 brake valve with No. 6 E. T. Equipment I tried«■•■< li I the equipments with the wrongbrake valve and found that: If the H6brake valvi i used with the No. 5equipment the brake will apply and re- all right except in double heading. With the valve handle in running position the brake can be applied from the leading engine but will immediately e on account of the application tb< I v gear were used under these cir-cumstances, it would probably give goodand economy on account of itslightness and fewness of parts. Inci-ll
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