BRITISH RAILWAYS.
BIG CONSTRUCTION SCHEMES. | British Official Wireless. RUGBY, August 9. Next year's construction programme of the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company, involving an expenditure of £3,250,000, will bring big orders to many British industries. The programme provides for 105 locomotives, including several of the Princess Royal type, the most powerful engines on the system, 210 locomotive boilers, 751 carriages and 12,105 wagons. Including the present programme the company will have spent £00,000,000 on rolling stock in the 13 years since its
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 188, 10 August 1936, Page 7
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