TRAFFIC IN BRITAIN
RAILWAY WORKS FOR 1937, (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, December 31. The improved traffic returns of the past year have encouraged railway companies to embark on an extensiv* programme of works during iSSI total of 32,460 new goods wagons wis be built, and other additions to tolling stock will include 2000 new passeis> ger carriages giving increased comfort, 69 restaurant cars, and 950 container carrying wagons. Five hundred and twelve new locomotives will be brought info service. The programmes include further electrification, including the completion of the track between Manchester and Sheffield, the rebuilding of bridges, an<s the rec£instruction..joJL-BtatiDns»
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 11
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101TRAFFIC IN BRITAIN Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 1, 2 January 1937, Page 11
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