THE DUKE’S TRAIN
MILEAGE IN NORTH ISLAND (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, 4th January. With the arrival of the Royal train a Lambton station at 7.15 tonight, a total rail mileage of 94G had been covered since the start of the tour. This is an average of 45 miles a day since 15th December. The two A.B. engines which were attached to the train were taken off at Cross creek and replaced by five Fell engines for the three-mile climb up the one-in-14 grade on the centre rail to the summit. The train was taken to Wellington from the summit by a single W.W. locomotive.
Great interest in the operation of the centre rail and the machinery of the Fell engines was displayed by the Duke of Gloucester, who, at Cross Creek, watched the hitching up process, while Mr H. H. Sterling explained the details.
Throughout the trip the train has run strictly to schedule, and with the exception of the Rimutaka incline, only two locomotives have been required.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 7 January 1935, Page 7
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