Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1917 — FASTEST TIME ON RAILROAD [ARTICLE]

FASTEST TIME ON RAILROAD

Train on Philadelphia & Reading Runs Five Miles at Rate of 115.20 Miles Per Hour. In July, 1914, in covering a distance of approximately five miles, from Egg Harbor to Brigantine Junction, a train on the Philadelphia & Reading traveled at the rate of 115.20 miles an hour. The fastest time on record for a distance of over 440 miles was made by the Lake Shore '& Michigan Southern railroad between Buffalo and Chicago, tn June, 1905, nine cars and two engines, including stops, going at the rate of 68.69 miles an hour.