Show RECALL I SPEED RECORDS Record Rate Miles an Hour JACKSO JACKSONVILLE Flo Fla Aug 20 20 Exhibition of tho old Do De Witt Clinton Clinton Cllnton Clin Clin- ton locomotive and tho the celebrated New i e York C Central In Chicago's Pageant of or Progress exposition re reI recalls recalls re- re I calls cans to southern railroad men somo some o of tho lie record breaking railroad runs made below the tho Mason Z and Dixon line Une Tho The worlds world's record of 1121 2 2 1121 miles an hour stood hour stood until locomotive no of tho the old Plant system system I tem tern eclipsed It In 1901 with five miles In two and a half minutes putting the thc speed r record cor up to 10 miles mUes an hour This was made on un a run be between between between be- be tween Savannah a and nd Jacksonville But a as early as 1894 southern railroad railroad rail rail- ro road men sa say they made a f remarkable remarkable remark remark- mark mark- able record In running a special train over connecting cUng lines between Jacksonville and Washington I The distance traversed was i miles mites In spite of its taking two hours and fifty nine minutes to cover tho the miles between Richmond and Washington the special arrived In Washington fifteen hours and forty forty- nine nino minutes after It left Jacksonville Tho The light lIht equipment of ot thirty years ears ago contributed to making the tho record remarkable Tho The occasion was a a. trip of Florida Knights of or Washington for tor their national conclave When they theS' requested request ell a l special train from tram Ja Jacksonville Jacksonville Jack Jack- kI k- k I sonville officials of ot the Plant s system tm and Atlantic Coast Line saw an opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- op- op for a record Preparations were surrounded with secrecy as the tho railroad men were anxious to keep of at the proposed run from a combination com corn of competing railroads which had a l record 1 of or 19 hours 30 minutes Tho The train vas was compos composed cd of at one combination car Clr one coach and two sleepers with a a. combined weight of or pounds unloaded The Tho five tivo locomotives to handle it over o tho ho five fl different railroads between Jacl Jacksonville son n and tind nd Richmond w were re sim similar liar ilar as ns to wel weight ht an The Tho special left Jacksonville at p. p m. m Eastern time August 2 26 In Its first lap It made its fastest time clipping clipping clip clip- ping or off a a. mile near Savannah In for tor- ty eight seconds or at seventy five miles an hour It arrived ed in Washington Wash Wash- ington at 80 a. a m. m August 27 21 After a thirty six minute stop step several several sev sev- eral passengers boarding a rC regular ular train arrived Cd in New York at p. p m. m two twenty tt hours and ten minutes min mm- u utes tei after la leaving leaving- Jacksonville Each Kach of or tho the five fI locomotives locomotive that handled the train between Jacksonville Jackson Jackson- ville ille anti and Richmond Is still sUll in service on the Atlantic Coast Line LineS which ab absorbed absorbed ab- ab the Plant system seven years cars lat later r. r |