FASTEST TRAIN ENGINE IN EMPIRE
“DOMINION OF CANADA” NAMED
(British Official Wireless) (Received June 17, 6.30 p.m.)
RUGBY, June 16. The fastest locomotive in the British Empire, the “Dominion of Canada” was named by the High Commissioner for Canada (Mr Vincent Massey) at King’s Cross. It is the first of five engines which will begin on July 5 to draw the “Coronation” express between London and Edinburgh in six hours.
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Southland Times, Issue 23229, 18 June 1937, Page 7
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