CHAPTER VIII.

RUNNING A FAST PASSENGER TRAIN 82

Average Speed.--Speed between Jersey City and Philadelphia.--Requisites of a High-speed Locomotive.-- Making up the Fire.--Getting ready for the Trip.--The Train to be pulled.--The Start.--Getting the Train over the Road.--How the Engineer did his Work.--Qualifications that make a Successful Engineer.--How the Firing was done.