Show rapid traveling engineering Engi journal A remarkable time timer record wag made on december let ladt laiton on the tile southern pacific kainrad rad ad on that day a special P ec train cons consisting sting of two care car r e s containing ieng officers offic ra of th the mei atchison an santa fe railroad Kairo aJ was run over ove r the southern pacific linea from Bakers Bakera Geld to lothrop Lt a distance of miles leaving the torn fornic r place at and reaching the latt r at a t the total time was thus lius 4 hours 17 minutes but of this time 35 minutes were loit lost in making four stops and in blowing slow i ng down on account of a broken 1 frog at a elation station makine making the achal running time for the kilps only minutes and it is claimed claim e d that even this could have aten improved had not the been in poor condition owing to recent heavy rains it is claimed that this is the longest run ever made in this ibis country at a speed of 60 miles an hour bour and speaking from memory and without consulting the records wo think that the claim is ia justified the greatest speed attain attained c d tor for a single mile wa s between betseen berenda and and merced Aler ced where one mile was made in 45 seconds or at the rate of 80 miles an hour the best time for a stretch of f sever several I 1 I 1 miles wai wag from tulare to goshen J junction unction miles which as sho n by the dispatchers shut sheet was made in exactly eight assuming the speed to be uniform this was at he rate of one mile in second seconds or 78 mile miles an hour this extreme speed was required to corn com lefor for the slow time made in crossing cross ng the long bridges over the kern the san joaquin the merced bler ced the and the stanislaus rivers the engine which bich did thil this very ery fast f work was an ordinary eight wheeled whee ed locomotive with cylinders ci linders 1726 17 26 inches arid and drivers 5 feet 10 inclines inches in clies in dimmeler di dia ameer built in the sacramento sa cr amento hope hop in 1885 from the designs 0 of the tile late mr A J stevens Bt evens and provided with his valve motion the engine burned 31 tons of coal in making the trip and the tank was filled twice w with ith water during the run some careful work was done by the train dispatchers in keeping the tho track clear for tho tile special at latrop the train was taken by another ei gino gins of the same size but the ran beyond that point wae was not an extraordinary one although still ji petty etty fast the distance from lathrop lthrop to oaklona oakland pier 00 miles being covered in only minutes or at the rate of miles an hour |