MOST POWERFUL ENGINE.
SUCCESSFUL TRIALS IN ENGLAND. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. SOPln.'isn and N.Z. Cable Aasoclatl-'n (Received October 14, 1.5 a.m.) LONDON, October 12. The Lord Nelson, England’s most powerful locomotive, made its first public appearance when it drew the Atlantic Coast express from Salisbury to London. The maximum speed attained was 83 miles hourly. Eightyfour miles wero covered in eighty-five minutes. The engine weighs eighty-three tons, and is designed ,to draw trains up to 500 tons..
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 14 October 1926, Page 7
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77MOST POWERFUL ENGINE. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 14 October 1926, Page 7
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