Show almost ono one hundred anem an nour what is believed to be the fastest time on record was made by a compound locomotive of tho the vauclain typo type on the bound brook route between philadelphia and new york on friday even irig nov 18 the locomotive no was attached to tho the regular p ra express front from philadelphia which consisted of four cars A number of very rapid runs of several miles were made between jenkintown Jenk and yardley five successive miles were run nm in seconds or at the rate of eighty eight miles per hour and near neshaminy aminy a mile was made in thirty nine seconds the record was brol broken ren however between tween t ee plainfield ifield and elizabeth on the line of the central railroad of now new jersey where one mile was run ran in thirty seven seconds and two successive miles in seventy five seconds or at the rate of ninety seven miles per hour the engine which made this extraordinary record weighs pounds without tender and airris aIr carried rid pounds of it on the drivers the latter being seventy eight inches in diameter engineering record I 1 |