XI 



FUEL AND WATER 



THE summer of 1927 will always be 

 memorable in British Railway annals be- 

 cause of the non-stop runs successfully 

 attempted on the two great systems which 

 link England with Scotland. It was often 

 stated then, quite erroneously, that these 

 were the world's longest non-stop runs. In 

 point of fact the old North- Western, in 

 pre-war days, occasionally accomplished 

 the Euston-Carlisle run without a stop, thus 

 also accomplishing the longest possible run 

 on their own metals, almost exactly 300 

 miles. Then abroad there are several in- 

 stances where even this 300 miles burst has 

 been exceeded. 



What are the constituent factors necessary 

 for long non-stop runs? Mainly they are 

 those which head our chapter, with special 



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