LONDON TO GLASGOW IN FIVE HOURS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 103, 22 July 1927, Page 13

LONDON TO GLASGOW IN FIVE HOURS

HIGH-SPEED LOCOMOTIVE

A NEW type of high-speed locotive has been constructed in England and it is hoped to cover the journey from London to Glasgow, 400 miles, in five hours. Experiments now in progress on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway between Carlisle and Crewe, give an indication of the developments in the London-'Scottish express service which may mature during this summer. The experiments are with the object of demonstrating the efficiency of a new f steam valve called the Copprotti, named after the inventor, an Italian, who has himself travelled on the engine. An. attempt is being made in England by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway to hold the world’s record for a non-stop run. The record is at present held by the Great Western Railway, By its daily non-stop journey of 226 miles from Paddington to Plymouth. The London, Midland and Scottish hope to eclipse this by a daily non-stop journey of 400 miles, between Glasgow and London (Euston Station), via Carlisle, Preston, Crewe and Rugby. ENGINE OF 14,200 REVOLUTIONS Mr. William Werry, a London engineer, claims that the speed of railway travel will be increased from 20 to 50 per cent, and the running costs, both of trains and motor-cars, reduced by 20 to 30 per cent, as the result of the use of a new type of engine invented by him. An engine has been constructed by William Beardmore and Co. It has no valves and each cylinder contains two pistons operating in opposite directions, with the explosion chamber between them. Under test it is reported to have reached the record of 14,200 revolutions a minute on each of two crank-shafts.

Mr. Werry claims that he will get a speed of 84 to 140 miles an hour with his locomotive and that the journey from London to Glasgow will be done by train in five hours.