ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.
FRANCE TO DISPOSE OF COAL. (SI CVBLS-PXESS ASSOCIATION-COFTRIGHT.) (AVSTBALIAS AKD Jf.Z. CABLB ASSOCIATION.) (Received December 30th, 5.15 p.m.) PAKIS, December 29. V sixteen-whceled electric locomotive used at the inauguration of the n fW Paris to Vierzou service hauled a 400 ton train 143 miles, at an average soeed of 81 miles an hour. The power Kied was hydro-electric The service forms part of a comprehensive plan to render the French railways independent of foreign eoal.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18888, 31 December 1926, Page 15
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77ELECTRIC RAILWAYS. Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18888, 31 December 1926, Page 15
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