A 100-Miles-an-Hour Train - • - There was a severely
practical object ,for the amazing experiment in speed record-breaking Made by the London and North Eastern Railway, whose veteran engine, the.. Flying Scotsman, drew a train between London and Leeds at an average speed of 73.4 miles an hour, and between London and Doncaster at 77 miles, and actually attained a maximum of a hundred miles an hour. • It was intended as a test of the steam locomotive, burning coal, in comparison with oil-fed Diesel locomotives used in foreign services, and in particular the .Flying Hamburger, which runs between Berlin and Hamburg. 'The British engine passed the test easily. The experiment is. of value, since it tends to show that there would be no speed advantage in a- change-over from coal, whose use in this country is so desirable, to oil. It is also of interest as showing both the excellent equipment of a British railway and the readiness of the management to put new methods to the test. An amazing transformation has become apparent in British railway administration in recent years. Its proverbial conservatism is a thing of the past. The recent announcement of further reductions in fares is a further evidence of the bolder policy now iu favour. * * * *
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