Show I Fastest Locomotives In the World I OW that the Is b all In Inand Now N and the Ihl experts have the Palm to for tor the thet t In thu wrid ut III the close dOlle ot of this wonderful 0 r WI we ran well afford to be and admit that competition has hils rou the distance of at 69 miles mile b between tween Cam den rind A City Rt at n a speed ot of miles I r hour and these thelO two head the Erie ot of the worlds most rapid f lers ot at the close The following tn a II Wee blee will give at 1 a glance the tho best beet times made lit at present b by the racing ON rAATH D STATS scars L been n close In tact fact while the quickest train In the tho world is IB said to be the filer Ier on the Philadelphia and heading railroad between Camden and Atlantic pl ClI the Northern railway of at France contends that Its recant run ot of miles In ISI minutes Dud and SO 30 seconds breaks the Ibe worlds record and transfers th the honor to Europe Eu rope It has been hien generally conceded that the record for tor long distance trains be belongs belongs longs to the Bud ox ex whIch makes the run ot of m miles In S 6 hours and 69 minutes ot at an average eed ot of miles per hour The second I best st long distance schedule Is that ot of the SID State te express between New York city and mlle miles In 8 3 hours and 16 mInutes i an average ot of miles per hour I Although the French rench claim that no other long Iong dIstance traIns have ap approAched preached the tho sustained speed made on the Northern of at France between ParIs and Calais ot of n a fraction over oer n a mile n a minute yet et the distance Is miles loss than that traversed on the New York Central by the Empire Slate express shish notwithstanding It makes no noIe Ie leas than 23 S slacks through crowded meets and at grade crossings and drawbridges alwn always s arrives arrles on sched ale time lime Just as fair a comparison can canto to te made between the best time In Prance and the quickest schedule time timela la America which latter Is that ot of the amden City flier filer of at 56 miles In 60 minutes at the high speed of at miles per hour Compelled to slow up St at termini and at railroad crossings In order to make mako Its schedule the engine lame times makes magnificent bursts of at atIS ofIs IS miles per hour for tor it 17 to 20 miles In Its I G s FASTEST tIes ot of AmerIca France and Great Britain b by which It will be seen Ifen that the tho last named 1 country Is tar far behInd In Inthe inthe the matter ot of speed Fastest long distance trains In the world according to the London Times I Mil tar off Ilila hour I I lIdl NYC Sew New ado alo at N k Ie Nt N 1 It II R II I L k NW 8 n R n R n w COn Highest speed attained on schedules IMI I ea ear I I r hour Mils p I k R R n R I It R it Atlantic City 69 60 I 1618 67 i 1 Nor Nord Nord pier pItt IDe I 1672 NYC k so m C i at j MI It was aa stated as long ago as al 1666 SO when hen locomotive engineering was In Its Infancy that there was 1 nO n why a speed ot of miles mile an hour could hit It he attained That was wall II a rash ruh lion tion when whan the trains of t that pe perIod p nod could hardly overtake A CO row bIt bat with the powerful engines ot of the p pent pree ent time having amille amele boilers boiler and Ih the J i e es J r ra a I fI 4 I TRAIN THC PAST IN LONG r i 9 I ek I II I 1 0 p I 2 k c i TH IN I j 1 a aV V i IK t I I I 0 I I A PENNSYLVANIA A P I latest Inventions ns as auxiliaries there seems to he be no reason why It shall not be accomplished In England the t horn homo e ot of Watt and Stephenson but where the ancient stagecoach Is often preferred to the palace car a high rate of at speed has not been be n attained except In spurts ot of a I tn fen hours houri duration during II a gnat groat engine race In n 1916 one train wu run at the rate of at 50 miles nile all an hour for tor 2 hours end 1 minutes and the entire en entire tire journ Journey between Euston and Aber Aberdeen deen was once nde at an pVc average rall speed peed ot of miles per hourA hour A high rote rat of at not seen to depend so 10 much upon the type ot of engine n ne used a as upon ample boiler space and a agoo goo goal roadbed The an tives are yet more flex flexible ible then the Rn English or lr European and ll are capable ot of better speed but to offset this the roadbeds across the thEl waler lire are tar far superior to au ours nod lIld there Is III an almost total ab ot of grads crossings British and l European railroad man mana a alters are now to the United 1 States for engines ordering chiefly those of at II a hybrid character more morl o usper pe r 1 IN ING cE It I dally for their goods or freight serf sen Ice No Now that the contest for tor premier I ship has become come International and the I best engineers ot of the three countries I are engaged In friendly rivalry the I near future should bring some startling developments I |