Electrification in Germany and Austria - Our London Letter Modern Track Construction and Maintenance
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Electrification work completed on the German and Austrian railways holds out possibilities for the ultimate through operation of electric trains between Vienna and Paris, a distance of approximately 860 miles. The tracks electrified are those of the German Railways between Stuttgart and Salzburg ...
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Salmon fisherman's rope bridge Carrick-a-Rede, Ireland
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Our London Letter (vol 9, issue 4) - [section] - Salmon fisherman's rope bridge Carrick-a-Rede, Ireland.
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Main departure platform, King's Cross Station, London
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Our London Letter (vol 9, issue 4) - [section] - Main departure platform, King's Cross Station, London.
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Our London Letter - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 8 (November 2, 1936)
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by Arthur L. Stead Main entrance. Lausanne Station, Swiss Federal Railways. New and more powerful steam locomotives continue to be introduced on the Home Railways. In this connection, the London & North Eastern system comes into the limelight. The King's Cross authorities have recently approved t...
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[section] - Our London Letter - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 8 (November 2, 1936)
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Main entrance. Lausanne Station, Swiss Federal Railways.
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[section] - New Streamlined Locomotives - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 8 (November 2, 1936)
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New and more powerful steam locomotives continue to be introduced on the Home Railways. In this connection, the London & North Eastern system comes into the limelight. The King's Cross authorities have recently approved the building in the Doncaster works of a new series of 2-8-2 three-cylinder s...
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The Railways and Safety - New Streamlined Locomotives - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 8 (November 2, 1936)
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Railway travel has for long been recognised the world over as by far the safest form of movement. Like the New Zealand lines, the Home railways are especially proud of their fine safety record—a record which the recently published official report upon accidents occurring last year shows to be spl...
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London-Ramsgate “Holiday Land” Express, Southern Railway
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Our London Letter (vol 11, issue 8) - The Railways and Safety - London-Ramsgate “Holiday Land” Express, Southern Railway.
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The Modern Sleeping-Car - New Streamlined Locomotives - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 8 (November 2, 1936)
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Sleeping-cars pay an increasingly important part in rail travel, as the public become educated to the advantage of night travel for business and similar journeys. Home railway sleeping-cars are of exceptionally comfortable design, and they are run in most of the principal long-distance night serv...
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[untitled figure] - Our London Letter (vol 11, issue 8)
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Our London Letter (vol 11, issue 8) - The Modern Sleeping-Car
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[untitled figure] - Our London Letter (vol 11, issue 8)
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Our London Letter (vol 11, issue 8) - The Modern Sleeping-Car
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The Railways and the Coronation - New Streamlined Locomotives - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 8 (November 2, 1936)
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With the Coronation of His Majesty King Edward still some months ahead, the Home railways are already preparing their excursion plans for this historic occasion. Special trains will be run by all the group lines to London for viewing the ceremony and its accompanying pageantry. So far as can be f...
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The Growth of Electrification - New Streamlined Locomotives - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 8 (November 2, 1936)
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Electrification of the Southern Railway London-Portsmouth tracks is making rapid progress, and it seems likely that this important work will be completed well ahead of scheduled time—July, 1937. The Southern Railway have reaped a rich harvest as a result of their progressive electrification polic...
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Our London Letter (vol 11, issue 8) - Railway Operation in Spain
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Our London Letter - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 10 (January 1, 1937)
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by Arthur L. Stead Interior of Dynamometer Car, employed for checking the “Silver Jubilees” record runs. A Happy New Year to all! Time's pendulum swings with unerring precision, and here we are once again at the beginning of another chapter in transportation's ever-varying story. Looking back, ou...
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[section] - The Famous “Silver Jubilee” Express - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 10 (January 1, 1937)
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Interior of Dynamometer Car, employed for checking the “Silver Jubilees” record runs. A Happy New Year to all! Time's pendulum swings with unerring precision, and here we are once again at the beginning of another chapter in transportation's ever-varying story. Looking back, outstanding among rai...
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Accelerated Time-tables - The Famous “Silver Jubilee” Express - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 10 (January 1, 1937)
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While experiments are being conducted by the Home lines in the way of introducing high-speed streamliners, the need for a general acceleration of passenger trains is not being over-looked. Normally, this season does not see any very important accelerations, but actually the winter time-tables sho...
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Our London Letter (vol 11, issue 10) - Railway Speeds on the Continent
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Our London Letter (vol 11, issue 10) - Railway Speeds on the Continent
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Improved Accommodation at Plymouth Docks - Our London Letter - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 10 (January 1, 1937)
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Plymouth ranks as a most important ocean gateway into Britain. For the comfort and convenience of the large number of passengers who disembark from ocean liners at Plymouth Docks, the Great Western Railway have recently provided greatly improved and modernised accommodation. A new reception room ...
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