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 Engineer v 160 n 4159 Sept 27 1935 p 318-20; Ry Gaz v 63 n 12 Sept 20 1935 p 450-8 and 460-1)
Silver jubilee train on London and north eastern railway
Engineering
Engineering ; 140 , n 3637
1935
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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