RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT
BIG BRITISH PROJECTS COMPANIES TO SPEND £16,000,000. EXPANSION OF TRAFFIC DEMAND. COMPREHENSIVE PLANS LAID. By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright. Rec. 11 p.m. London, Dec. 28. British railway companies will spend £16,000,000 on developments in 1935. The Great Western is building 91 locomotives, including 10 of the Castle type. These will be similar' to the Cheltenham Flier, the world’s fastest steam train.
Other companies are planning Diesel engines, streamlined carriages, additional electrification of lines, improvements to stations, and the building of 13,530 passenger and goods vehicles to cope with the greater traffic demands that have followed a revival of trade and an extension of cheap travel.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1934, Page 7
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105RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT Taranaki Daily News, 29 December 1934, Page 7
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