. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . story. The frame or old man is ofsteel, and, therefore, light to carry around,and one of the greatest advantages is thatthe whole thing is entirely out of the wayof passing trains. i g g? The New York Central people are de-termined to keep up the reputation theyhave secured by running the fastest regu-lar train in the world. At the beginningof last month they shortened the time ofthe Empire State Express 25 minutes inthe run from New York to Bufifalo. Thetime consumed in the run of 440 miles isnow 8J4 ho
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . story. The frame or old man is ofsteel, and, therefore, light to carry around,and one of the greatest advantages is thatthe whole thing is entirely out of the wayof passing trains. i g g? The New York Central people are de-termined to keep up the reputation theyhave secured by running the fastest regu-lar train in the world. At the beginningof last month they shortened the time ofthe Empire State Express 25 minutes inthe run from New York to Bufifalo. Thetime consumed in the run of 440 miles isnow 8J4 hours, which makes an averagespeed of miles per hour. This is avery high average there is nofear but it will be made regularly. Acurious thing about the Empire State Ex-press is that it gets to the journeys endon time more regularly than any train weknow of. It is said that the shorteningof the time was done to surpass the speedof a train on the East Coast route ofGreat Britain, which has lately been ac-celerated to make an average speed miles an hour between Lond
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