Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911)
Protheroe, Ernest · London : Religious Tract Society · leaf 210
specially largeboiler extending over the trailing wheels. Fortwo months this engine never occupied more than47 minutes in travelling the 55^ miles betweenPhiladelphia and Atlantic City ; and upon quitetwenty days the time was below 47 minutes, or70 miles an hour. The Pennsylvanian Railroad boasts… … THE TRANS^CONTINENTALS 155 maintained over so great a distance. Reallythe actual speed attained was at least 62 milesan hour, for the train was stopped four orfive times, causing it to lose well over twelveminutes. The Lake Shore and Michigan lines haveengines of the Prairie type (2-6-2),…
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