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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 12 (March 1, 1939.)

Improving Freight Train Services

Improving Freight Train Services.

Acceleration of freight trains continues on the Home railways. Most of the long-distance goods trains now run at speeds of up to 60 m.p.h., and wagon loads range from 40 to 60 per train. Runs of 100 miles or more non-stop are common. Particularly interesting is the present-day practice of the four group lines to issue goods train time-tables to the public. In days gone by there were no freight train time-tables open to public inspection, but nowadays all that has changed, and now that goods trains run almost with the punctuality of passenger services, the distribution of accurate goods train time-tables has become general. One railway—the L. & N.E.R.—has gone a step further, by issuing a special booklet of 44 pages, giving details of the principal freight trains, their running times, and the hours at which consignees of goods thus conveyed may expect delivery. All this is to be commended, for at this juncture there is every need to impress upon one and all the extreme reliability of railway service.