MONSTER LOCO
BRITAIN’S LATEST. United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.! LONDON, Dec. 12. A wonderful new all-British railway locomotive, the largest and most powerful in Britain, constructed in secrecy at Darlington, is now ready for its' trials, after which it will run between King's Cross ami Edinbiugh. The monster .s unlike any existing engine. It resembles a long, low milktank on: wheels. The chimney invisible. being sunk within the casing of too boiler, which is of the over-water tube typo. It has a pressure of 450 pounds per square inch. This is the highest pressure ever used in Britain.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1929, Page 6
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99MONSTER LOCO Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1929, Page 6
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