SPEED OF THE FIRST TRAIN
Just a century ago. when George Stephenson was discussing with counsel for the Livenmol and Manchester Kailwav Bill the quest ion of speed, lie mentioned that lie had every hope of driving his locomotive at 20 miles an hour. William Brougham turned upon Stephenson angrily and told him that if ho did not moderate his views and bring his engine within reasonable speed he. would inevitably damn the whole thing, and he himself be regarded as a lunatic fit only for Bedlam.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12618, 1 December 1926, Page 9
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87SPEED OF THE FIRST TRAIN New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12618, 1 December 1926, Page 9
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