Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911)
Protheroe, Ernest · London : Religious Tract Society · leaf 176
e expresstrains were doing 23^ miles an hour; and in May,1845, the Great Western Eailway Cornishmancommenced to run to Exeter, 192 miles in 4|hours, or very nearly 44 miles an hour. The besttrains nowadays only effect the journey 35 min.quicker, which does not seem a tremendous im-provement in half… … A GARLAND OF IRON RIBBONS 135 arranged for each system, which resolved them-selves into a contest between the locomotives ofthe Great Western and those of other companies. The 43 miles from York to Darlington formedthe narrow-gauge racing track. With a boilerfed with warm water and a flying start,…
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