COLD TRAINS.
LONDON, .fan. 2,9 Mapiy complaints are constantly made In the Southern Railway by 'steamship 'companies, and especially bv American pas-ana, -rs. of the chilliness of the carriages on fTie Southampton to London boat trains. Last week a trainlead of American passengers from a cross-Atlantic liner arrived at AVaterloo Station and men atidi women alike had newsrcipcrs wrapped round their legs and feet During a two nnd-a-hnlf hours’ run from Southampton to Waterloo---the train was nearly an hour laf e—through the snow-envered country there was no heat in the carriages, and the passim gars, accustomed to central Leafing, had lo lmddie l ogetlier in a vain effort to keep warm. One man caught a chill in this train and after two days in bed in a London hotel he went hack to New Aork in disgust. The Southern Railway’s excuse is that trains have to stand at Southampton overnight, where they "get very cold, and in frostv weather steam pipes freeze no
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1926, Page 4
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163COLD TRAINS. Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1926, Page 4
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