The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 8 (November 1, 1934)
Goods Train Services
Goods Train Services.
Like the L. & N. E. Railway, the London, Midland & Scottish serves some exceptionally mountainous territory, and on this line, too, many locomotive improvements have recently been introduced. It is not generally known, but the L. M. & S. operates the greatest passenger mileage at a start-to-stop speed of 55 m.p.h. or over, of any railway in Europe. Now this progressive line is claiming notable achievements in respect of the speeding-up of goods train services and terminal operations.
With the idea of securing the fullest advantage from faster freight train timing, the principal goods stations on this, the largest Home railway group, have been reorganised, and the depots at cities like Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester and Leicester represent the last word in scientific design.