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... DIESEL ELECTRIC TRAIN. (British OJficiil Wireless.) RUGY, Fobnu' ry 15. The first Diesel electric train to run on a British main , line to strict express. schedule timing, travelled beta,en London and Birmingham on the London. .Midland and .Scottish line, dovering the journey of 113 liiTlcs in just over two hours. The* train was fitted with 150 brake horse-power Armstrong Whitworth Diesel electric motor.. Tibs self-contained unit, generating is own electric power from an oil-driven engine is capable of a '.speed of 65 miles an hour, the total fuel aud oil .cost were only point 8 of a. penny ..per mile. The Prince of Wales drove one of tlie latest, “tube” trains when he visitad tlie statjou of the underground railway at Piccadilly.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 February 1933, Page 6
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124INITIAL RUN Hokitika Guardian, 17 February 1933, Page 6
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