WORLD’S RECORDS.
FOR NON-STOP RAILWAY RUNS LONDON TO SCOTLAND. Rugby, April 28. The London, Midland, and Scottish Raihvay yesterday established two new world’s records for the longest non-stop run. Tavo expresses travelled from Euston Station to Glasgow and Edinburgh, respectively, distances of ' 401| miles and 399| miles, without a halt, thus passing the company’s own previous record of 299 J miles from London to Carlisle on the same service. ( These record runs involve in both cases two long climbs over the Shap Summit in Westmoreland, 900, feet up, and the Beattock Summit in Dumfrieshire, 1000: feet up. ‘ a
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3787, 3 May 1928, Page 3
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98WORLD’S RECORDS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3787, 3 May 1928, Page 3
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