Great Steam Trains: 6. Trains Racing North

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It was madness. From the beginning of railways there had been competition between trains running on the east of Britain & those on the west. Both were trying to beat each other fro m London to Edinburgh. In August 1888, it developed into out-and-out races fuelled by papers eager to come up with gripping stories in the summer lull. The country became hooked. Show more