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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 9 (December 2, 1935)

A Centenary Year

A Centenary Year.

Railway centenaries have been coming thick and fast of late. This year Germany and Belgium have celebrated the one-hundredth birthday of their railways, while at Home the Great Western Railway has just knocked up a century of public service. Another interesting event is the hundredth anniversary of the passing of legislation giving powers for the establishment of Euston passenger station, London.

The present Euston Station is one of the largest city terminals. It is the headquarters of the L. M. & S. Railway, and from and to this great depot there are operated hundreds of long-distance trains, of which the “Royal Scot” is probably the best known. Originally named “Euston Square,” the station was planned as the London terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway. Because of the steep grade between Euston and Camden Town—one mile outside the terminus—trains were for some years drawn between these two points by rope haulage. To-day powerful locomotives, such as the “Royal Scot,” haul 500 ton trains unaided up the Euston Bank from a standing start. Euston Station, incidentally, handles the heaviest postal mail business of
The Queen's Day Saloon, Royal Train, L.M.S. Railway.

The Queen's Day Saloon, Royal Train, L.M.S. Railway.

page 58 page 59 any Home depot. A leading mail train is the “West Coast Postal,” from Euston to Scotland, which has operated daily for fifty years, including Sundays. Leaving Euston at 8.30 p.m., the train consists of twelve postal cars, including five letter-sorting cars. It carries mail for all parts of Scotland, the north of England and the Midlands.
Dymchurch Station, Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, with miniature “Pacific” locomotive, “Southern Maid.”

Dymchurch Station, Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, with miniature “Pacific” locomotive, “Southern Maid.”