TRAIN'S RECORD SPEED
Qn its 268-mile journey from New-castle-on-Tyne to London last month, the London North-eastern Railway's train. "Silver Jubilee" travelled for half a mile at a speed of 113 miles per hour. The engine was the "Silver Fox," and it pulled eight coaches, equal to 270 tons, including passengers and luggage. This record speed for the run (the previous fastest was 112 miles per hour) was reached during the lunch period, and passengers said that it was quite impossible to detect that the speed was faster than usual, so smoothly and steadily did the coaches move. During the run some very high speeds were maintained. For over six miles the average was 110.8 miles per hour, while for 11 miles the train ran at over 100 miles an hour. At the time the record was established the train was travelling over a gradient of 1 in 264, a very slight fall. These speeds are a marked achievement for a steam-hauled train running on ordinary service with a full load of passengers and luggage. It is doubtful if such speeds have been equalled on any railway in the world by ordinary trains on a regular service run.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23005, 7 October 1936, Page 3
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