FASTER TRAINS
RECORDS FOR “CORONATION SCOT” British Official Wireless (Received June 30, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY; June 29. A train speed of over 112 miles an hour was reached by the new express, known as the Coronation Scot, on the London-Midland railway. This train will be used between London and Glasgow. During the first trial run the train made a record of 106.5 miles over a distance of six miles and for over a mile recorded the maximum speed of 112.5 miles an hour. The whole journey of 158 miles was covered at an average of over 73 miles per hour.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20768, 1 July 1937, Page 9
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100FASTER TRAINS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20768, 1 July 1937, Page 9
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