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G.E.R. Demonstration Train. 



[JULY, 



THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY 



DEMONSTRATION TRAIN. 



The Great Eastern Railway Company have recently shown 

 great enterprise in arranging for a Demonstration Train 

 to be run over their railway with the object of instructing 

 growers and allotment holders in the Eastern Counties of 

 England in up-to-date methods of production of crops, poultry 

 and small live stock. This is not the first enterprise of the 

 kind undertaken by the Company ; a train was equipped 

 some years ago for the purpose of stimulating egg production 

 in the district served by the Railway. The results of this 

 earlier experiment were such as, in the opinion of the Company, 

 would justify the cost of the undertaking, and they therefore 

 decided to run a second train containing exhibits which would 

 include, in addition, the subjects of horticulture and live stock. 



Trainmgr and itinerary. — The Train consisted of three converted 

 hospital coaches, a restaurant car and a van. It started from 

 Liverpool Street Station on 17th May, after an official opening 

 by the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry, Sir Arthur 

 Griffith Boscawen, M.P., and ended its journeyings at the 

 same station during the first week in July. The itinerary 

 of the train included Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, 

 Huntingdonshire and Lincolnshire. Forty stations were 

 visited, and the general rule was for the train to be in 

 its place and ready for inspection by visitors at i p.m. 

 on the date fixed, and to be open until 8.30 p.m. During 

 this period a constant stream of visitors passed through it, 

 examining the items on view. It is estimated that up to the 

 14th June, 77,500 persons had visited the train. 



The success of the Train was assured from the first, as is 

 well testified by the large numbers of people who took the 

 opportunity of visiting it. The Train as a whole v/as in 

 charge of officials of the Great Eastern Railway Company, who 

 made all ari angements. 



One of the cars was placed by the Company at the dis- 

 posal of the Ministry for the purpose of placing on view 

 exhibits bearing on horticulture, fruit preserving and dairy 

 produce. This car was staffed by officials of the Ministry. 



