BRITAIN HOLDS RECORD.
EXPRESS TRAINS’ SPEED. (British Official Wireless;. Received August 22, 8.5 a.m. RUGBY, Aug. 20. The Railway Gazette reports that an examination of British, French and German express train speeds shows that the London and North-Eastern Railway appears fully entitled with a maximum of 125 rn.p.h.—actually, for a very short distance, 126 rn.p.h., was found on the dynamometer chart—to claim the world record for steam. This speed was achieved by the Coronation streamlined express on July 3.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 225, 22 August 1938, Page 7
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79BRITAIN HOLDS RECORD. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 225, 22 August 1938, Page 7
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