Part 31

Part 31 of Wonders of World Engineering was published on Tuesday 28th September 1937, price 7d.

It included a colour plate showing the “Coronation Scot” leaving London at the start of the test run on June 29, 1937. It formed part of the article on Britain’s Streamlined Expresses. The colour plate was also reproduced on the cover of this part.

The Cover

The cover of this week’s part shows one of Britain’s latest streamlined trains, “The Coronation Scot”, leaving Euston Station on an experimental run to Crewe, before being put into regular service. On this occasion, a speed of nearly 114 miles and hour was attained.

 Contents of Part 31

Telephone Pioneers in America

(Part 2)

Giant Concrete Viaduct

Britain’s Streamlined Expresses

The “Coronation Scot” Leaving London

(colour plate)

AT THE START OF THE TEST RUN on June 29, 1937, “The Coronation Scot” leaving London. The engine is No. 6220 Coronation, the first of the five streamlined Pacifics built in 1937 for the haulage of high-speed trains on the LMS. On the test run Coronation, with 270 tons gross behind the tender, ran from Euston to Crewe, 158.1 miles, in 2 hours 9 minutes 46 seconds, at an average speed of 73.1 miles an hour. The return journey was completed in an overall time of 1 hour 59 minutes from start to stop. These times were respectively 5¼ and 16 minutes ahead of the special schedule of 2¼ hours. In the summer of 1937 “The Coronation Scot” was booked to cover the distance in 2 hours 24 minutes in either direction in the course of its non-stop runs between Euston and Carlisle.

International Exchange

Lord Armstrong

Diamonds and the Engineer (Part 1)