MISHAP TO EXPRESS
SPEED OF 60 MILES AN HOUR
(British Official Wireless.)
BUGBY, 10th. August. A slight accident occurred to-day to the Cornish Riviera express, which daily makes the journey from London to the West with a non.stop run to Plymouth of 226 miles in four hours. "When passing through Berkshire at 60 miles an hour the leading pair of the engine's bogie wheels left tho rails, but neither the engino nor any of the coaches was derailed. No one was injured beyond a shaking for a few of the 600 holidaymakers on board. *
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 36, 11 August 1927, Page 11
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94MISHAP TO EXPRESS Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 36, 11 August 1927, Page 11
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