They seem to fall well below the 100 m.p.h. standard of running so confidently promised when the 1955 modernisation and re-equipment plan was first made public by the British Transport Commission.
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They seem to fall well below the 100 m.p.h. standard of running so confidently promised when the 1955 modernisation and re-equipment plan was first made public by the British Transport Commission.
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The decade [1980s] was also one of re-equipment. More HSTs arrived, West Coast Main Line services received Mk 3 coaches, and the second generation of DMUs entered traffic.
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