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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 3 (July 2, 1928)

Non-Stop Trains

Non-Stop Trains.

The inauguration of the daily Flying Scotsman non-stop express runs between London and Edinburgh on the London and North-Eastern Railway was challenged in anticipation by the L.M.S., who stole a march on their Eastern rival by running the Royal Scot non-stop and knocking minutes off the scheduled time without any preliminary advertisement (says the “Glasgow Herald”). The L.N.E. service began on Tuesday by saving 12 minutes on the northward journey and 2 1/2 minutes on the southward. This is understood to be a mere bagatelle to what could be done but for the agreement between the companies, which puts the minimum time between Glasgow (or Edinburgh) and London at 8 1/4 hours. Despite the keen rivalry between the companies, I am assured that there is to be no departure from that agreement, and that any return to the wild racing of 30 years ago is impossible. As a matter of fact, our trains all over seem to have settled down to a comparatively easy stride since then. But who wants to cover the 400 miles between Glasgow and London in less than 8 1/4 hours? Let them fly!

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“Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise.”—Pope (Photo N.Z. Publicity Dept.) Peaks of the Southern Alps, South Island. Mount Lindenfelt and Mount Haast.

“Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise.”—Pope
(Photo N.Z. Publicity Dept.)
Peaks of the Southern Alps, South Island. Mount Lindenfelt and Mount Haast.