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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 1 (April 1, 1938.)

A Big Renewal Programme

A Big Renewal Programme.

These modern streamlined expresses have undoubtedly captured public fancy. Because of the popularity of the “Silver Jubilee” flyer, the L. & N.E. Company is adding a new streamlined third-class car to the train. For the “Flying Scotsman” services, also, there are being built two new train sets, each of fifteen coaches and of an entirely new design. For continental services out of Liverpool Street station a new de-luxe train is being turned out. Altogether, the King's Cross authorities are putting into traffic this year some 730 new passenger vehicles, with a total seating capacity of 37,000. The London, Midland and Scottish Company, also, is just as busy turning out new passenger stock. Over £1,000,-000 is being spent on the L. M. & S. 1938 renewal programme, which provides for 110 new locomotives, 732 passenger coaches, 9,715 goods wagons, and 375 rail-road containers. Six kitchen-cars, 75 parcels vans, and 30 horse vans are among the new equipment to be built. The 9,715 new goods wagons include 5,700 open wagons, 1,500 mineral wagons, 1,500 box wagons, 690 rail and timber trucks, and 300 brake vans.

Among the 110 new locomotives the L. M. & S. are to build, special interest attaches to the construction of ten new streamlined engines of the “Princess Coronation” class (4-6-2 type). These locomotives will be similar to the five streamlined engines built at Crewe Works last year, which have proved most successful in operating, with the highest degree of punctuality, the “Coronation Scot” high-speed London-Glasgow service. An engine of this type, by the way, holds the British railway maximum speed record of 114 m.p.h.

Erecting Shop, Crewe Locomotive Works, L.M. and S. Railway.

Erecting Shop, Crewe Locomotive Works, L.M. and S. Railway.