THE FASTEST RAILWAY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 221, 13 November 1900, Page 1

THE FASTEST RAILWAY.

Railways and railway ttatti low [ large in th* eyas of the pablio at lib ; tine of the yew. Apropos of that f »ct, the Titm pabliihat a tfetistlosl article aa to tin sptedt tttoJaad by th* fastest train in the world. The writer self ot* some sixty joomeyt In which trains reeeh a *n«d f«r their rm of 65 mile* or more per boar. Oat of these sixty traim only five are Eeg'i ih and three Scotch. The r«n are divided betwn the United State* and Fr*uee. Th« fattest ran in the world is that made on cne Philadelphia •nd Reading rahrond batw*vaO*»d»o and Ailaniile (Sty, a distance of 05f miler, Th« dlttanee h onwrtd aia rate ot 66.6 mtlei an h'.ar. fka P. Di.»y'vtnu» railroad reach** 6*3 trillff", nn<i tbfl Mi n of Fraooe 61 3. Ocily one ttuglUh trtta aver*g«e 60 mile*, and that is on the sootb-» etbern ran between Dorchester eod F*r»h*m. The gronad U covered at th« r*u of 60.1 milei an honr, bat tti« <i »unoi la only 10 mice. In 10. g iiiat>noo rone the Bi)gH«h railway* it.,ke a better show. The Bast Goattexprento to Edinborg from London, » oitunoe of 393$ milei, and the Wwt Oo*«t to Glasgow—.4olJ ml)** average * fraotton over 50 mils*. Bnt e»*a these speeds compare onta'voa*ably with those of foreign rivals. The Sad ' express between Ads and Bfyonoe—--486J miles—areragea 5413 miles aa honr, and th* Umpire State Korea between New York and Bafalo—44o mU»e--aven^esnotwithstanding many delays,ss.33miles. loth*■attarof panotuality also Bngllth railways an far behind foreign railroad*.