HIGH SPEED BY TRAIN
1 j ——s | RECORD TWICE HROKEN i HIMTI-.fl <ll •K1 ( I A i, SVI :: KI.F.SS. ■ j RUGBY, March 5. i A London and North-Eastern j special train travelled from King's ! Cross to Newcastle, a distance of ! 2GB miles, in 3hr 57min, a record for j the journey. The highest speed reached was 88i miles an hour. | The locomotive was of the Pacific | type in general use on the comi pany's service. The train was held jup for several minutes while the I line was cleared. j The train broke its own record on the run back Lo London, which | it did in 3hr 50min 45sec. main- { taining 10G.(i miles an hour lor 12.3 i miles, the greatest distance travelI led at such a speed by any loco- | motive. j The drivers on both journeys j were more than 60 years of age.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21416, 7 March 1935, Page 6
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146HIGH SPEED BY TRAIN Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21416, 7 March 1935, Page 6
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