BRITAIN’S RAILWAYS.
DEVELOPMENT SCHEME. LARGE OUTLAY PROPOSED. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright i LONDON, Dec. 27. British railway companies are to spend £16,000,000 on developments in 1935. Tlie Great Western Company will build 95 locomotives, including 10 of the Castle type, similar to the Cheltenham Flyer, the worm's fastest steam train.
id her companies are planning Diesel engines and si ream-lined carriages, additional eleclrillcalion of lines, improvement to stations, the provision of 13,530 passenger and goods vehicles to cope with [ho greater traMe ueninnds following Die revival in trade and extension of cheap Ir.ivt.i.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19462, 29 December 1934, Page 5
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95BRITAIN’S RAILWAYS. Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19462, 29 December 1934, Page 5
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