THE FLYING SCOTSMAN
TO EDINBURGH NON-STOP RECORD TO BE ESTABLISHED. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 11. (Received April 12, at 1 p.m.) Tho Flying Scotsman, tho most famous train in the world, will establish a world record non-stop run from London to Edinburgh (392 miles) on Mav Day. The present, non-stop record is London to Carlisle (300 miles), which is regarded as the limit of a drivei s endurance. The new record is possible by the invention of a corridor tender communicating with the train, allowing a change of drivers. The Flying Scotsman has left King s Cross for Edinburgh every week day for the last sixty-six years. —Aostra.ian Press Association-United Service.
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Evening Star, Issue 19839, 12 April 1928, Page 9
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