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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 10 (January 1, 1936)

The “Silver Jubilee Express.”

The “Silver Jubilee Express.”

One of the most interesting new services just introduced in Britain is the “Silver Jubilee Express” of the L. and N.E. Railway, between King's Cross Station, London, and Newcastle-on-Tyne. This is a streamlined express performing the fastest longdistance run in Britain. It covers the 268 mile journey in just four hours, an average speed of 67 m.p.h. One intermediate stop is made at Darlington, and allowing for this the throughout average speed is nearly 70 1/2 m.p.h. Four locomotives have been built for this daily service. All are completely streamlined, with corridor tender. They are three-cylinder, simple expansion “Pacifies,” with an eightwheeled tender, and have been built in the Doncaster railway shops under the direction of Mr. H. N. Gresley. Boiler pressure is 250 lbs. per square inch, grate area 41 1/2 square feet, and cylinders are each of 18 1/2 inches diameter by 26 inches stroke. Streamlining of the front end takes the form of a horizontal wedge, not unlike the design incorporated by M. Bugatti in his high-speed French railcars.

The “Silver Jubilee Express” consists of seven coaches, articulated. Like the locomotive, the coaches are decorated with silver on their exteriors. The total weight of the train is 220 tons, and 198 pasengers are carried. Two restaurant cars and a kitchen car are included in the equipment. The train is available for ordinary ticket-holders, subject to an extra charge of five shillings for firstclass travel, and three shillings for third-class.