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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 4 (July 1, 1939)

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(Photo. courtesy London and North Eastern Railway) “Dominion of New Zealand,” one of the streamlined “Dominion” class locomotives used on the record-breaking “Coronation Express” running daily in either direction between King's Cross Station (London) and Edinburgh (392 ¾ miles) in six hours. This locomotive is fitted with a New Zealand Railways chimes whistle, presented to the L.N.E.R. by the New Zealand Railways Department.

(Photo. courtesy London and North Eastern Railway)
“Dominion of New Zealand,” one of the streamlined “Dominion” class locomotives used on the record-breaking “Coronation Express” running daily in either direction between King's Cross Station (London) and Edinburgh (392 ¾ miles) in six hours. This locomotive is fitted with a New Zealand Railways chimes whistle, presented to the L.N.E.R. by the New Zealand Railways Department.

What is probably the first Railways Magazine ever published—“Eginton's Railway Miscellany”—appeared in London over 85 years ago, Dec., 1853.

The “Miscellany” is most entertaining. It belongs to the days when travel at about 30 miles an hour was considered a marvel of speed, and the electric telegraph was a “new invention.” Its contents include stories, poems, anecdotes, current topics, articles dealing with various subjects—wars then in progress, literature, and modes of travel old and new. A glimpse is also given of the amusements and recreations enjoyed by people of that time.

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