no Book of Locomotives 



A newspaper and book service is also 

 provided, and this was of great assistance 

 to the traveller who could get through a 

 good deal of reading on such a long journey. 

 The meals served from an electrically-fitted 

 kitchen were quite up to the standard one 

 has learned to expect from the London and 

 North-Eastern. If any criticism is possible, 

 it is that our coach designers should en- 

 deavour to get more even travel for the 

 restaurant cars. My own impression is that 

 they are far too heavy and because of this 

 are given 6-wheeled bogies which always 

 seem to give a bumpy journey. It was quite 

 impossible to drink liquids at certain parts 

 of the trip; on the other hand the ease of 

 travelling on the ordinary passenger coaches 

 was remarked upon by all users. It should 

 be made clear that the criticism is not 

 levelled at the London and North-Eastern 

 only, for the same trouble is experienced 

 on the London, Midland and Scottish and 

 other railways. 



The running was persistently before time 

 and the train finally drew up seven minutes 



