Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1915 — RAILROAD FIGURES [ARTICLE]

RAILROAD FIGURES

The largest and most powerful locomotive ever built is the so-called Triplex Compound, owned by the Erie railroad. It was built in 1914 and weighs 426 tons, being used for “pusher” service on an eight-mile grade of line. Next in order of power and weight comes the Mallet type of engine, on the “Santa Fe” weighing 303 tons. The fastest passenger train in the world is operated on the North Eastern railroad in England, from Darlington to York, a distance of 44*4 miles in 43 minutes, giving an average speed of 61.7 miles an hour. A close second is the “Pennsylvania Special” which runs from Jersey City to North Philadelphia, 84 miles in 83 minutes, giving 60.7 miles per hour. As a matter of fact a rate of 120,mileB has been attained by a train on the Plant system in the United States in 1901, but the figures we have given are for the fastest regular trains. The Canadian Pacific railroad, with a total of 13,322 miles of track, has the greatest mileage of any railroad in the world.