RAIL SPEED RECORD
HELD BY L. AND N.E. LINE
{British Official Wireless.) (Received August 22, 9.40 a.m.) RUGBY, August 21
The "Railway" Gazette reports that an examination of British, French, and German express train speeds shows that the London and North-Eastern Railway appears to be fully entitled, with a maximum of 125 m.p.h.— actually, for a very short distance, 126 was found on the dynamometer chart —to claim the world record for steam. This speed was achieved by the Coronation stream-lined express on July 3.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 45, 22 August 1938, Page 8
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85RAIL SPEED RECORD Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 45, 22 August 1938, Page 8
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