4-hr service inaugurated between King's Cross and Newcastle; distance 268 mi 27 chains and average speed 67-07 mph; trains hauled by streamlined locomotives; shape adopted by Gresley concentrates on diverting air in vertical direction; train consists of seven vehicles having total weight of 220 tons and accommodating 198 passengers; composed of articulated stock. (See also Engineering v 140 n 3637 Sept 27 1935 p 334-5; Engineer v 160 n 4159 Sept 27 1935 p 318-20)


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    Title :

    Silver jubilee train on London and north eastern railway


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 63 , n 12


    Publication date :

    1935


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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