“SPIRIT OF PROGRESS”
NEW ALL-STEEL EXPRESS TRIAL RUN IN AUSTRALIA Received Nov. 17, 11.30 p.m. MELBOURNE, Nov. 17. Three hundred passengers, guests of the Victorian Railways Commissioners, to-day enjoyed a trial run in the new all-steel express named “Spirit of Progress,” which was built at a cost of £190,000. The train will be used for the Melbourne-Albury section of the Sydney line. It reached a speed to-day of 80 miles an hour. Air-conditioned throughout, it proved a revelation in railway transport. After the christening of the train by the PKnier, the chairman of the Commissioners, Mr. H. W. Clapp, said: “This train is the Department’s answer to all other transport. It is the great pioneering work of rail-roading in Australia. It is the finest train in Australia, ranking with the best in the world.” Passengers .were delighted with the interior silence, the pleasant temperature and the luxurious furnishings.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 274, 18 November 1937, Page 8
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