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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 8 (November 1, 1934)

Goods Train Services

Goods Train Services.

Like the L. & N. E. Railway, the London, Midland & Scottish serves some exceptionally mountainous territory, and on this line, too, many locomotive improvements have recently been introduced. It is not generally known, but the L. M. & S. operates the greatest passenger mileage at a start-to-stop speed of 55 m.p.h. or over, of any railway in Europe. Now this progressive line is claiming notable achievements in respect of the speeding-up of goods train services and terminal operations.

During the past two years over 300 important L. M. & S. goods trains have been accelerated, notably between London, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield. During 1933, an aggregate reduction of 204 hours per day was made in the journey-time of important goods trains, following a cut of 312 hours per
Express Passenger Locomotive “Cock o' the North,” L. and N.E. Railway.

Express Passenger Locomotive “Cock o' the North,” L. and N.E. Railway.

day in 1932. The longest distance L. M. & S. goods train is that running from Aberdeen to London - 545 miles covered in 13 hours 40 minutes, with six intermediate stops. The longest non-stop goods train run on the Home railways is the L. M. & S. London-Liverpool trip -191 miles in 294 minutes.

With the idea of securing the fullest advantage from faster freight train timing, the principal goods stations on this, the largest Home railway group, have been reorganised, and the depots at cities like Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester and Leicester represent the last word in scientific design.