"THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT"
Sir-Referring to the interesting comments of your Havelock North correspondent relating to that very successful enterprise, the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, Ltd., "W.M.R." has slipped with "No, 9": the record breaker was No. 10, which (in 1892) attained a speed of 64.4 m.p.h.a world record for 3ft. 6in. gauge railways. (My memory of No. 10 is verified by the N.Z, Railway and Locomotive Society.) Why not co-opt. Mr. Gordon Troup in "W.M.R.’s" proposal? His recent railway talks included a very realistic reference to the Company’s No, 13 "climbing the Pukerua bank," etc. (These old locos. of the early "90s were miammoths as compared with the then Government stock!) The newsvendor at the old Thorndon station would be an interesting character with his cries of
Weekly Herald, Family Friend, Canterbury Times, New Zealand Graphic, Evening Press. Nor should we forget our ~ late geniaj] friend, the Dining Car caterer .(Walter Freeman). For further realistic effect there could be a carriageload of college youths with their lusty singing and a football tournament in prospect,
W. H.
WARREN
(Timaru).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 762, 26 February 1954, Page 5
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179"THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT" New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 762, 26 February 1954, Page 5
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