. . \E. A question may be asked : Has the locomotive reached themaximum speed at which it may be run with safety ? Mr. C. J. Bowman Cookes, in his admirable and interestingwork on British Locomotives, recently published in Londonand New York, gives some instances of greatsipepd attained byBritish locomotives, one of which may be stated as follows : On February 7, 1893, the 7 ft. compound engine, Xo. 1309,when working the up Scotch express from Crewe toLondon, ran from Standon Bridge to Norton Bridge, a distanceof 4f miles,
. . \E. A question may be asked : Has the locomotive reached themaximum speed at which it may be run with safety ? Mr. C. J. Bowman Cookes, in his admirable and interestingwork on British Locomotives, recently published in Londonand New York, gives some instances of greatsipepd attained byBritish locomotives, one of which may be stated as follows : On February 7, 1893, the 7 ft. compound engine, Xo. 1309,when working the up Scotch express from Crewe toLondon, ran from Standon Bridge to Norton Bridge, a distanceof 4f miles, in three minutes. Speed, 87 miles per hour ; ap-proximate weight of train and engine, 240 tons (537,600 lbs.) ;gradient, 1 in 650 and 1 in 505 down. The now celebrated locomotive, 999, of the New YorkCentral Railway Co., which was on exhibition at the WorldsFair, in an experimental trial, attained the enormous speed of amile in 32 seconds, a rate of 112^ miles an hour. * A model of the Rocket was on exhibition at the White City, Chicago, duringthe Worlds z zz z o QZ z o Some Raihuay Statistics. 301 Upon this question of speed, Mr. Cookes makes the followingjust and invaluable remarks : It should, however, be borne in mind by those persons en-trusted with the timing of passenger trains, that such speed asthese must not be quoted as precedents for ordinary favorable circumstances they ma}^ be attained by enginesin a high state of efficiency ; but locomotives, like human beings,while able when put on their metal to exhibit extraordinarypowers, are also like them subservient to natural laws, and there-fore give better satisfaction when their powers are normallyexerted within reasonable limits only. It is far more satisfactoryto the public generally and to railway companies themselves,when trains are timed at such a speed as will enable them to beworked punctually under all circumstances. THE LONG LIFE OF A LOCOMOTIVE. In another part of this work I have referre
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