Tewrte Ban for September has an article on " English Expresses in 1885," whioh begins by saying that in the July number of Bradshaw the high water mark of Huglish railway enterprize for the current yenr is teand; not that all improvements are made in Taly, bat tnt all are made Ly July, after which for nine months comes pause and an ebb till April or May of the following year. " Expresses" are reckoned by the writer in Temple Bar as only those trains which ran up to 40 miles an hour, stops included, Any such train is pretty sare to run part of its speed at 55-60 miles an hour, oven though the running average tho speed got by deducting stops—be not more than 45 miles an hour.
Going up gradanls takes so much time that a ranning average of 5 is in billy England a first-rate journey, Passing by the Continental trains, the speed of which to Paris is affected by the length of the sen voyages, we come to the expresses between London and Scotland. The quickest times on these are—I. by the Great Northern Railway 3924 miles between London and Edinburgh which is done in 8h, 55m, a is. (journey speed) of 44 miles por hour, and ® ra, (running average) of 46h, 2m; 11. by the Midland, 408 miles, done in 9h, 28 a j.s. of 43 hours and a ran. of 46 miles; ILL. by the London and North Western Railway, 400} wiles in 9h. 45 a j.s. of 41 hours and a m, of 4b hours, 'I'he Great Northern rans its "Tourist " expresses right through from Newcastle to Edinburgh, 124 milee, ran in England by 90 miles, 9 of whiok without a stop. This is the longest
are on 200. This same "Tourist" leaves London at 8 p.m. makes one run to Grantham 1054 miles, another to York 824, a third to Newcastle 804 and then 12+ miles to Edinburgh. That is travelling of the best kind; nearly 400 miles with only 3 stoppages. The Midland runs between Leicester and St. Panoras 994 mile 2h, Qu. ara. of 49, which the writer in Temple Bur calls " superb bronk considering the gradients, As before, he goes on, wu train takes Skip-ton to Carlisle 863 in 1h, 55 @ ra, of 45} over an ascent of 15 miles 1 in 100 (1,170 ft.) while the up takes Curlisle to Keighley, 953 miles, i one breath of 2b. 15 a m. of 46. hen the down finishes by going from Carlisle to Edinburgh, no stop 98 miles of Lowlund watersheds in 2b, 20, and the up does better, taking 2b, 25m, with stops at Gala. shiels and Harwich. In the Irish Service the run between Euston and Holyhead, 2633 miles, is done in Gh, Bm. ai. s. of 43, and ar.a. of 46.4, Tuo average speed between the platforms of Dublin and. Euston is just
over 60 miles is by sea, giving a j. of 80 which is very good. Theaverage passage of the bonis winternnd summer is 3} hours; the Ulster a few woaks ago crossed in 3h. 9m. A new bent, the Ireland, 2,500 tons, 6,000 horse power, has still greater speed, Between Chester and Holyhead the down Day Mani! does the distance, 843 miles, in a ra, of 473, The Manchester and London expresses have long been voted for their speed. Two years ago, the author says, it was thought a grent thing when the companies began to run from London in 44 hours; now, in 1885, there are daily 12 44 hour expresses averaging 45 is, and 474 m, The fastest of these is the Great Northern which runs over 203 miles at a j.e, of 47% and a ran, of 494 miles—52i miles being done over their own part of the journey. Of these Groat Northern expresses it is said that Manchester to Sheffield, 41 miles, is done in 59 minus tes, up a Ponnino hill of 20 miles with atunoel of 3 is good; but when the traveller finishes by a run of 105} miles from Grantham to London in 1h.
58m. a m, of 58h, 6m. he has done the quickest. thing in the (cnilway) world. In the Midland expresses the feature is the burst between Manchester and Leicester, without stopping, 92m. in 1h, 59 a ra, of 464 right over Derbyshire, including miles of "1 in 90" up to the Peak Forest tunnel, "This bit of transit," says the author, "has been known to startle even Americans." If it has done so it must be wonder.
The " Royal Mail" trains ought to be the fastest in the Kingdow, bub it appears they are vot, Ibe great event the railway your is supposed by many to be the new P.O. "special" leaving Euston at 8.30 p.m, It starts 10 minutes after the Irish Mail Express, with six or seven mail-yous and two guard's-vaus, Nothing but mails are carried, It arrives at; Crewo & minutes after the Irish express, and transfers to it any bags that may have been late, and then harries, or is said to hurry, on to Perth, which it reaches at 7h, 35 a.m.
1b, 5m. for 450} miles o j. 8, of '403. Its epeed is then accelerated and ranches Aberdeen at 9.55 a.m. 13h.
55m, from London for passengers and 13.25 for mails—540 miles, Every summer night trains carrying mails leave Euston Square at 8, 8.20, 8.30, 8.40, 8.50, 9.0, 10.0, and 12 p.m. of which the first three are expresses, Che writer in Temple Bar says of some of these No Englishman can be said to have finished his education who is not familiar with Euston station during these 3 weeks between 7 and 10 in the ovening. The swarming platforms, the saloons and carnages nearly all d to Oban, Greenock, Perth, or Aberdeen, the air of a garden-party in the happy exodus, the countless \queries put to guards and porters, the utter absence of excitement or Continental of temper on their part, the punctual start as if it were the ordinary programme,—this ig England at its best,
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