Five trains, each with four pairs of articulated twin cars and observation car hauled by 4-6-2 type streamlined locomotives between King's Cross and Edinburgh at average speed of 65.6 mph, built at Doncaster Works of London and North Eastern Railroad; each pair of twin articulated cars is 114 ft 9 in. long over buffers with trucks spaced on 47 ft centers; rated tractive force at 85% boiler pressure is 35,000 lb; weight in working order 374,000 lb. (see also Ry Gaz v 67 n 1 July 2 1937 p 30-4; Engineering v 144 n 3730 July 9 1937 p 40-2; Engineer v 164 n 4252 July 9 1937 p 39-41 and editorial comment p 45; Int Ry Congress Assn -- Bul v 19 n 8 Aug 1937 p 1798-1809)
London and north eastern inaugurates "coronation" trains
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 103 , n 4
1937
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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London and north eastern inaugurates "coronation" trains
Engineering Index Backfile | 1937
London and north eastern inaugurates "coronation" trains
Engineering Index Backfile | 1937
London and north eastern inaugurates "coronation" trains
Engineering Index Backfile | 1937
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1933
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