Show speed on railroads speed is hard to average an average of 48 3 10 miles per hour is the fastest regular time in the united states this is is made on the pennsylvania limited in its run from jersey city cit to philadelphia 90 miles in minutes the flying dutchman train is supposed to make the fastest time in the world between london and bristol miles in less than two hours the average however of even thi fast train is s onh h s miles per hour there are several other trains noam for remarkably fast time on I 1 short distances distance sometimes a straight and even grade for a distance of 20 miles will permit a train to run at the rate of more than a mile a minute one rain on the canadian pacific road from Cota neau to ottawa averages 50 miles ales an hour for a distance of 78 miles an average of 38 miles is considered fast traveling the me largest and fastest passenger engine ever built is said to have been turned out of the rhode island locomotive L tive works 4 at providence brov idenie for the new york providence boston railroad company she was designed to make the run from providence to groton conn a distance of 2 miles including a dead stop at mastic drawbridge draw bridge as required by b the statutes of connecticut in just minutes pulling at the same time tim e eight cars four of them pullmans |