GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS (British Official Wireless) / RUGBY, 31st August. As part of the celebration of the centenary of tlie Great Western Railway, 350 guests were entertained at luncheon in the great hall of Bristol University yesterday. A special train which brought the London guests back from Bristol completed the journey of 117 miles in 105.29 minutes. On part of the route the train attained a speed of 80 miles.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 3 September 1935, Page 5
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