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| MTA |
If only......they still made short films like this!I really like the old time news reels, particularly the voice of the narrators 
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| CCairns |
Here it is with some very appropriate music added - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWxa9PUPrVg
There is a similar video of the London to Edinburgh train, 'The Flying Scotsman', and one of an RAF Hawk which flies around the entire coastline of Great Britain. I bet the commuters from Brighton wish they could do the journey in 4 mins! There is talk of getting a set of the old Brighton Belle Pullmans together again, as some still exist in regular use by VSOE, and we have 2 cars here in Scotland at the Keith & Dufftown railway. |
| johnreid |
They needed this
http://jalopnik.com/359202/new-york-centrals-m+497-jet-powered-train |
| CCairns |
But we did have this near Glasgow as early as 1930 - http://www.railways-of-britain.com/Bennie.html |