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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16493, 7 March 1914, Page 6

The yearly engine mileage of the London" and North-Western Railway is equal to a journey (1) round the world in every three hours, ,(2) to the moon in twenty-nine hours, and (3) to the 6Un in about fifteen and a. half months. Crewe engine works occupy 137 acres of ground, the covered area being 48 acres. When the London and North-Western was formed in 1846 - by the amalgamation of several lines, the united undertaking possessed a capital slightly exceedingly £17,000,000 and 420 miles of lines. By means of amalgamations, extensions and leases, the railway has expanded in all direc- i tions, and" to-day possesses nearly two j thousand miles of line and a nominal l CftDital exceeding £124,000,000.