. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . rd typeand is provided with a scoop for pickingup water. On January i the G. N. R. began anaccelerated service of new vestibuled-car trains between London, Leeds andBradford. Four coaches make up thebreakfast car trains, accommodating28 first-class and 99 third-class passen-gers. The down train leaves KingsCross terminus at A. M. and ar-rives at Leeds at A. M. and Brad- coniotive depot at Battersea; varioustypes of engines are being fitted, includ-ing some of the latest express loc
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . rd typeand is provided with a scoop for pickingup water. On January i the G. N. R. began anaccelerated service of new vestibuled-car trains between London, Leeds andBradford. Four coaches make up thebreakfast car trains, accommodating28 first-class and 99 third-class passen-gers. The down train leaves KingsCross terminus at A. M. and ar-rives at Leeds at A. M. and Brad- coniotive depot at Battersea; varioustypes of engines are being fitted, includ-ing some of the latest express locomo-tives. For some time the popular Pull-man Limited, from London to Brigh-ton on Sundays, has been covering thedistance of 51 miles in the hour. On De-cember 21 a very fast run was made withthis train, the distance being completedin S3^i minutes, the engine hauling thetrain being one of the latest four-coupledexpresses No. 70 Holyrood. The Great Western Railways newFrench tour-cylinder de Glehn com-pound locomotive, which will not be de-livered until next June, will be in gen- tCT Kt)3;$j=ct)^^^. 4-4-2 TYPE ENGINE FOR G. X. R, OF ENGLAND. !jint€rg ford A. M. The corresponding uptrain leaves Bradford at A. M.,Leeds A. M. and reaches KingsCross at A. M. The downluncheon car train is heavier and con-sists of six cars; it leaves Kings Crossat P. M. and reaches Leeds at M. and Bradford P. M. Theselimes, viz.: 3 hours and 35 minutes, forthe i86;/4 miles, are the shortest betweenLondon and Leeds by any route. Eachcar runs on two six-wheel trucks and isfitted with Pullman vestibules and plat-forms, automatic couplers. Golds steam eral design similar to the lo-wheelers ofthe Northern Railway of France, withfittings and cab after the G. W. The Midland Railway, having found itslatest non-compounds with Belpaire fire-boxes very eflicient on the fast Scotchtratlic. has ordered a further ten at theDerby shops. Experiments are being m
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