MANY VIRTUES
NEW MOTOR TRAIN. LONDON, February 12. The “Daily Telegraph’’ questioned the London, Midland and Scottish railway management regarding the possib I ilities of the new motor train, atu were informed that it is adaptable tr ally standard gauge, Its chief advantages, it was stated, include extreme lightness, low cost, and high speed. For example, it readied 85 miles an hour on a suburban line, where thn curves anti gradients prevent art ordirnniv train from exceeding 30 m.p.h, It also covered 70 miles at 59 m.p.h., with IS passengers, on a petrol consumption of I I miles a gallon, A similar train, running from Paris to Deauville, with 17 passengers, averaged 00 m.p.h.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1932, Page 2
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114MANY VIRTUES Hokitika Guardian, 20 February 1932, Page 2
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