Souvenir of the Visit of to the North and the Century Exposition • Chicago
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SOUVENIR OF THE VISIT OF TO THE NORTH AND THE CENTURY EXPOSITION • CHICAGO THE OF ROYAL LONDON MIDLAND AND COMPANY OF - CONTENT Pa FOREWORD by SIR JOSIAH Chairman and President of the Executive, and Scottish 5 THE ROYAL Some Interesting A World's Record The Train with a Tradition The Route The Locomotive... FAMOUS NAMES FOR FAMOUS LOCOMOTIVES OF THE ROYAL SCOT OFFICERS OF THE LONDON MIDLAND RAILWAY Map of the Route of The Royal Sir Josiah Stamp. G.B.E.. President of the Executive. and Scottish FOREWOR b SIR JOSIAH Chairman and President of LONDON MIDLAND SCOTTISH THIS"Ambassador brief message Train," introduces The Royal to Scot,you a on booklet the occasion tour of the United States and Canada and of at the Chicago World's Fair The Royal Scot comes as a co-worker with expresses of your land in the cause of humanity—as a of the public—as a not unimportant unit in the world's syste We of the London Midland and Scottish Railway have train 3,000 miles across the world because we are proud of built it ourselves, and because it is characteristically we regard it as a worthy " ambassador " of the service rendered by our railway. It is our aim in Royal Scot to the interest of a wider, indeed a and Canadian public, to obtain the fullest endorsement numerous and courteous complimentary opinions of The which we have received from the many transatlantic have travelled by this train in our I feel, therefore, that it is singularly apposite that 1933, is the fortieth anniversary of the World's held at Chicago in 1893, when the exhibit of our " ancestor now constituent Company, the London and North of England, was honoured with the highest awards that been Page Whereas on that occasion we were represented only locomotive " Queen-Empress " and two types of we now present an entire train—the first occasion on which plete British railway train has ever visited the United Canada. We take pride in the progress and by The Royal Scot as compared with the engine and were exhibited with such success at Chicago in 1893— development which are described more fully in the follow and which tell something of the story of her heritage story that epitomises seven decades of British The London Midland and Scottish Railway opportunity that has made her visit possible. Her the Chicago World's Fair and her tour through many of and towns will, it is hoped, forge fresh links in in the making of which transport has always played a I feel, however, that I may claim a wider significance visit than that of simply showing the American and what Britain is doing in the realm of modern passenger tion by We on our side regard the tour of The Royal Scot thing more than a technical achievement—as a gesture, salutation to those who share our tongue and our the welcome which you on your side have already anticipation to The Royal Scot is, in our eyes, equally of that spontaneous spirit of Anglo-Canadian and amity which, even in times of acute world stress and nevertheless deeply graven in the hearts of English- throughout Page The Doric Arch at the Entrance Station, "REIPTIT II A :1"r- The Royal Scot sets out Station, " • P IttirAt.L. - THE ROYAL Some Interesting Distanc London (Euston) to Glasgow - London (Euston) to Edinburgh- Journey time—Summer - 7 hours Winter - 7 hours Average overall speed—Summer Winter - Weight of train (without engine) - Weight of loco. and tender 156.5 tons in Coal consumed 7 long tons per Water consumed on journey 14,400 U.S. gals. trip Restaurant car meals (one train) Highest level reached on journey - 1,014 ft. above A WORLD'S On April 27th, 1928, the Edinburgh and Glasgow The Royal Scot ran separately from Euston to Glasgow without intermediate stop, 400 and 401+ miles —world's records for the longest individual non-stop runs At the present time both north-bound and south- Scot trains run non-stop between Euston and Carlisle, during the summer, while the south-bound train runs over this section all the Page THE WITH A THE TRAIN WITH A TRADITION" is no empty I applied to The Royal Scot, whose history to a epitomises that of British railway express service over seventy years. The Royal Scot has not always been known present name, but for seventy years without a break has left Euston Station, London, for Scotland, at departure time of 10 a.m., and as the " Ten o'clock " her seventieth birthday on June 1st, 1932. Since June when the departure time of 10 a.m. from Euston was the north-bound and south-bound Royal Scot covered between them Railroads were very young when the first between England and Scotland was started. The union of countries by rail was very early an objective of and engineers, and as long ago as 1836 the great Locke, made a survey of the country north of Preston with a view to taking the iron road through the tains to the Border at Carkle, where it would join a line of promotion in Scotland. The Lancaster and Carlisle authorised in 1844, and opened for traffic two years carrying the railway almost to the Scottish Corder ; February 15th, 1848, the Caledonian Railway's line throughout between Carlisle, Glasgow and Edinburgh, and railway train to make the through journey between Glasgow left Euston on this day at 10 a.m. The Carlisle Railway did not come under the control of the North Western Railway until 1859. but from that date the Anglo-Scottish services were worked jointly by Page and North Western and Caledonian Railways. With tion of the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 West Coast route became in its entirety a part of the L M S system ; thus the 400 miles of track which from Glasgow and Edinburgh were placed under one Throughout its long and distinguished history, the route to Scotland, over which The Royal Scot and expresses travel, has been associated with steady and in locomotive design and in the provision of increased and amenities. Although the marked physical difficulties West Coast route have been met with a lavishness of skill, modern demands for higher speeds and greater from the locomotive designer the acme of performance that maximum efficiency of service may be obtained. Coast route includes two difficult sections, over (over 900 ft.) in England and Beattock Summit (1,014 ft.) These grades impose as severe a test as any route in upon the capabilities of locomotives, equipment and maintaining express services over SCHEDULES OF It may be apposite here to make some the regular scheduled times between London and the through service to Scotland from Euston was inaugurated : Yea Time on Overall 184 12 hours 32.9 186 11 hours 34 192 8 hours 48.7 193 7 hours 52.4 It will be noted that, notwithstanding the in the weight of passenger car equipment during these has been a progressive acceleration of the services point Page It was in July, 1893—just forty years ago—that the of vestibuled corridor cars was put in service between Glasgow. It found immediate favour with the and became the standard of which The Royal Scot is developmen Restaurant Cars were introduced two years 1891, and right from the start the success of this time-saving innovation 4,000,000 MEALS To-day, over 4,000,000 meals are served annually on restaurant car services operated by the L M S Railway. type of Kitchen Car employed on The Royal Scot, can be served at the same time. On occasions " Banquets comprising eight or nine courses with their full wines, are served to more than 500 guests The period from 1919 to the present time has been intensive research into passenger car construction, and thus gained by experience and experiment have been passed the traveller in the form of new ideas in train travel 1930 The Royal Scot became symbolic of train comfort best. While uniformity of' design in exterior decoration at, the opposite was the ideal set for the Diversity of design and colour was introduced to meet, as possible, the individual preferences of the travelling to-day, the passenger on The Royal Scot may travel in ment or in a Parlour Car, he may eat his meals in a Dining in a public restaurant, or in a private compartment for he may take his coffee in a Club Car where deep him to restful Nor have the smaller items been neglected ; items the passenger is hardly aware, but which mean so much Page realisation of comfortable journeys. Problems of and ventilation, and the elimination of vibration, have subject of exhaustive investigation so that the perfect be devised. Wider and deeper windows, giving a wider view, are a feature of the modern L M SLEEPING Sleeping Cars are not the normal equipment of Scot train, which makes her journeys through the The types which have been included in the exhibition train used on her sister expresses, The Night Scot and The lander, and other principal night services of the L N They have been designed to provide the traveller with a night's rest, journeys of longer duration not being Great " The Train with a Tradition " exemplifies the British railways offer to their patrons—a service which, the needs of the public, has been built up through a of In presentiog The Royal Scot, the L M S Railway something that is Page THE ROUTE ROYAL NOsuch railway varied journey and suchin Great representative Britain carries scenery the as that Royal To travel in The Royal Scot is to see a panorama and Scotland in less than From the London terminus of the London Midland Railway at Euston, The Royal Scot runs first through suburbs of London with their industrial and including Harrow, whose famous School (" Harrow-on-the-Hill founded by John Lyon, may be seen from the train, the city behind to climb to the summit of the Hills at Tring.