A Spectacular Journey.

From time to time many spectacular railway journeys have been performed by individual globe-trotters, but there is probably no single journey which has attracted such widespread attention as the flight of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, from Central Africa to London, last December. The railways concerned were the State Railways of Italy, the Swiss Federal Railways, the Est and Nord Railways of France, and the Southern Railway of England. Thanks to the co-operation of these railways with the British Navy, the journey time was cut from twelve to nine and a half days, and the train conveying the Royal traveller from Brindisi to Boulogne, created a new speed record in European passenger train working. H.M.S. “Enterprise” left Dar-es-Salaam at 10 a.m. on December 2nd, and Suez was reached on December 7th. The H.M.S. “Enterprise” picked up the Prince once more at Port Said the following day, and Brindisi was reached at noon on December 10th. At 12.30 p.m. the special train placed at the Royal traveller's disposal by the Italian Government, left Brindisi, and the 640 mile run to Chiasso, on the Swiss frontier, was accomplished in a little over sixteen hours. From Chiasso, the Swiss Federal Railways took charge as far as Basle, and the 464 mile run from Basle to Boulogne was accomplished in record time. The Southern Railway cross-channel steamer and train journey was performed equally speedily, and the carrying out of the whole movement from Dar-es-Salaam is page 21 one in which all concerned may take rare pride.