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	CyberSnippets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Reid Railton had made his reputation designing chassis for World Land Speed Record cars and sports cars at Thomson and Taylor in Cobham and so would have been the natural choice for Macklin to consult on a suitable basis for the proposed new car.
		In this guise the Railton was even faster and could achieve a zero to 60mph time of under 10 seconds in road trim or 8.8 seconds stripped.
		In 1937 the chassis were again lengthened to 122 and 129 inches and the Railton radiator was restyled with vertical bars instead of the previous wire mesh.
	www.motorsnippets.com /cars/railton (851 words)

	Arab (automobile) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Arab was an English automobile designed by Reid Railton and manufactured between 1926 and 1928.
		The Welshman died in 1927 attempting to break the World Land Speed Record, and with his death Railton lost interest in the Arab.
		This was something of a pity, as the two-seater was good for 80 mph, and the more powerful Super Sports was said to have been capable of going 90 mph.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arab_(automobile) (117 words)

	Famous Speedboats of the World : Crusader
		John Cobb's car had been designed by Reid Railton, the brilliant American engineer who had already worked with Sir Malcolm Campbell, and Railton was called in to advise on the design of the proposed record-breaking boat.
		Now Reid Railton proposed just such an arrangement, but for a small and very light boat that was to be jet propelled.
		John Cobb, Reid Railton and other experts came to watch the model being put for the last time through its paces, and it was decided to build a full size boat like it.
	www.lesliefield.com /other_history/famous_speedboats_of_the_world_8_crusader.htm (2369 words)

	The Auto Channel--Sports Car International V12 I1
		Reid Railton later said he had relatively little to do with the creation of his namesake, but he did become a paid consultant.
		Thomas became Railton's mentor, and the topic that interested both men most was speed: They talked long into many nights about the various nuances of forcing more power from engines, about aerodynamics and gear ratios, tire compounds, fuels and all that it might take to boost the LSR with a British machine.
		Through Macklin's connection, Railton was asked to become an engineer for the Hall-Scott Motor Co. in Berkeley, California; he took the job and, as a result, moved his family there in 1939.
	www.theautochannel.com /N/vehicles/coll/sci/112bastard.html (2588 words)

	John Cobb and the Crusader
		Railton's concept was of 'a very small seaplane hull with a couple of small floats or skis mounted on outriggers, where the tail normally is: i.e.
		In a letter, Reid Railton commented: 'We'll never know exactly what happened, since the evidence lies in 1000ft of water, where it is likely to remain'.
		Railton was so shocked by the loss of his friend that - like Clinton Crane in 1911 - he completely pulled out of a design field in which, aged 57, he stood unmatched in experience.
	www.lesliefield.com /personalities/john_cobb.htm (1284 words)

	Bluebird Supporters Club - Boats K4
		Reid Railton had been in the United States, and had seen a new type of boat being tested, known as the three-pointer.
		Reid Railton, who had been in the States when Stanley Sayers took the record, arrived at Coniston, and told them that using the prop-riding system had broken the record.
		Railton had been told of the boat’s problem, and it was suggested that Bluebird’s propeller was coming out of the water.
	www.bluebirdteamracing.net /bluebirdsupportersclub/boa/k4.html (3179 words)

	The European Business School London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There is a coin-operated laundrette in Reid Hall for students to do their own laundry.
		Reid Hall is a popular choice with our students and fills up very quickly: you are advised to send in your application (link) as early as possible to maximise your chances of getting a space.
		Go to Reid and Oliver hall and click on “pictures” on left of screen for photos of some rooms.
	www.ebslondon.ac.uk /livinginlondonaccommodation.asp (626 words)

	The Bluebird Boats
		Reid Railton then informed the team that Stanley Sayers boat used a special propeller that enabled the boat to lift out of the water and "ride" on the propeller.
		Reid Railton watched the boat on the water and confirmed that this is what was happening to K4.
		Reid Railton the suggested they tried increasing the angle of the front plaining shoes.
	website.lineone.net /~donaldcampbell/boats.html (2838 words)

	bilnorge.no
		Railton, Watson og en annen ansatt ved navn Donald Healey gjorde sitt ytterste for at hver minste detalj skulle formidle et utpreget maskulint budskap.
		Forskjellen lå i at Railton benyttet en amerikansk masseprodusert motor som derfor ble billig selv om den var kraftig.
		Railton var riktignok ingen Invicta, til det var den for grov, smakløs og lite raffinert, men den hadde bedre kjøreegenskaper enn noen annen amerikaner samtidig som man sjeldnere behøvde å tenke på gearskift enn i noen annen engelskmann — og den kostet betydelig mindre enn den smakte.
	www.bilnorge.no /utskrift.php3?aid=22188 (3081 words)

	British Motor Manufacturers 1894-1960, Railton
		Macklin consulted Reid Railton, who had made his name designing chassis for World Land Speed Record cars and sport cars at Thomson and Taylor in Cobham.
		By 1934 they were simply known as Railton and utilised the Hudson 8 chassis, as the Terraplane had been discontinued.
		A six-cylinder Railton was introduced in 1938 as well as a small Railton based on the Standard 10 chassis.
	www.britishmm.co.uk /history.asp?id=729 (367 words)

	books_r
		Railton, John J. The Old High Kirk of Kilmarnock: The origin and the building of its Chapel of Ease, its management and its ministers etc. 1739 - 1939.
		Reid, Donald L. The Beith Supplement: The Story of Beith's Newspaper.
		Reid was minister of the West United Presbyterian Church, Irvine.
	www.ayrshirehistory.org.uk /Bibliography/books_r.htm (342 words)

	Daily Nation On the Web
		When the container was eventually opened up, it was found that all the car's paint had crazed, the leather had perished, and, under its thin aluminium skin, all the woodwork had rotted.
		This was the Railton who designed the chassis of Malcolm Campbell's land-speed record-winning, `Bluebird'; John Cobb's racing and record-breaking Napier-Railton - and then the Railton-Special, that put the land-speed record at over 400 mph.
		The Railton sports tourer that he has rebuilt is only capable of 90 mph, but the acceleration is very impressive, and it will actually pull away in top gear - which made the Railton the hill-climb champion of the late 1930s.
	www.nationaudio.com /News/DailyNation/270699/Features/SE5.html (1038 words)

	Bluebird Supporters Club Feature Article
		He was able to acquire for a nominal sum, one of their Type ‘R’ V12 supercharged engines, as used successfully in the 1931 Schneider air race.
		Reid Railton was commissioned to make the many changes required to Bluebird to accommodate the biggest engine ever to be fitted to a motor car.
		Railton considered 4 wheel drive in order to transfer the power to the wheels, but there were difficulties in converting Bluebird, and Railton decided to stick with the successful rear-wheel drive format.
	bluebirdteamracing.net /bluebirdsupportersclub/features/salt/salt.html (959 words)

	The Racing Campbells - Donald & Malcolm Campbell - The Boats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The boat was designed by F W Cooper and built by Saunders-Roe, with Reid Railton as mechanical consultant.
		Again crafted almost entirely from timber it was driven by a single screw and when at speed it planed on two sponsons on the bow and a section of the transom.
		Reid Railton was mechanical consultant and was also responsible for suggesting the three pointer configuration.
	www.racingcampbells.com /content/boats.asp (3053 words)

	Brooklands - The Birthplace of British Motorsport and Aviation
		It was Campbell that called in Reid Railton to re-design the chassis and transmission of his 1931 Napier engined Blue Bird.
		Another Land Speed Record Car simply called 'The Railton' was a technological masterpiece designed by Reid Railton and built at Thomson and Taylor's Brooklands workshops.
		It was commissioned and driven by the Brooklands ace, John Rhodes Cobb, who took the Land Speed Record in it in 1938, 1939 and again in 1947 when he became the first man to exceed 400 mph on land.
	www.brooklandsmuseum.com /motoring_history1.cfm (796 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Loch Ness Monster - Don't blame Nessie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He later commissioned the car’s designer, Reid Railton, to come up with vehicles in which he would break world land-speed records, latterly in 1947 when he roared across the Bonneville salt flats in Utah to set the record at 394.196mph.
		He turned again to Railton, who came up with the world’s first purpose-designed jet boat, built at Vosper’s naval yard.
		Described by one observer "as a pointed torpedo with floats on either side", Crusader was built of birch plywood, reinforced with aircraft-strength aluminium.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=8&id=1039132002 (1576 words)

	Unique Cars & Parts Lost Marques: Invicta
		The Railton was the inspiration of Macklin and Reid Railton, and they decided to retain the famous Invicta exposed-rivet details on the bonnet panels.
		The Railton offered good performance, but did not have any of the true pedigree of an Invicta.
		A similar type of Meadows engine, reduced in size to 3 litres, was then used to create the “Black Prince” model, but sales would be slow and the inevitable shutdown would occur.
	www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au /lost_marques_invicta.htm (738 words)

	The Land Speed Record
		The car was reduced to its bare chassis and under the auspices of Reid Railton at Thompson and Taylor of Booklands a new 1450 bhp Napier engine, K.L.G. gearbox and offset propshaft.
		Cobb held the highest regard for Reid Railton's design genius, and this together with his own almost shy modesty led to the naming of his new LSR car simply as the Railton.
		Built by Thompson and Taylor, the Railton was ready for a record attempt in the summer of 1938, arriving at Bonneville at the same time as Eyston's new Thunderbolt.
	www.peterrenn.clara.net /l.s.r.html (3734 words)

	J G Parry-Thomas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As if this was not enough to gladden the heart of any designer—and Parry Thomas was certainly not just 'any designer' as his employers well knew—he had as his assistant a young man who was to become famous as a designer in his turn.
		With reference to the Leyland Eight, it is Railton's opinion that 'it positively bristled with novel and logical solutions of problems which were then facing all motor-car designers.
		Two were bought by the Maharajah of Patiala and, as no maintenance manuals were produced, Reid Railton had to travel to India with the cars in order to explain their working and upkeep to the Maharajah's garage staff.
	www.morrigancraftpottery.co.uk /pt3b.htm (3010 words)

	John Cobb Anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He didn't seem to require any kind of gradual introduction - his learning curve was steep and he held the outright lap record at Brooklands in 1929, 1932 (twice), 1933, 1934 (twice) and 1935 which turned out to be in perpetuity.
		The 1935 record was a staggering achievement - a lap record of 143.44 mph in the Napier Railton - an aero engined monster car with cart spring suspension.
		To average 143 mph the car had to exceed 160 mph on that rough dangerous Brooklands banking with no Armco and the driver with no better protection than white cotton overalls and a white cotton apology for a helmet.
	www.highlandclassicmotorclub.co.uk /john_cobb.htm (1136 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Reid, Joseph 28543, Trooper 101st Coy., 5th Bn.
		Reid, Robert H. 39269, Bugler 177th Coy., 31st Bn.
		Reid, Thomas 28966, Trooper 59th Coy., 15th Bn.
	hometown.aol.co.uk /__121b_KDBKD8thJQGUsKaLucUVDxEWykZRg0Tq (5930 words)

	The Racing Campbells - Donald & Malcolm Campbell - Malcolm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Malcolm, now with the news that the British challenge would be taken up by Seagrave with Golden Arrow, set about rethinking Bluebird in an attempt to regain the Land Speed Record.
		After a very expensive and less than impressive attempt at Verneuk Pan, South Africa in 1929, a new Reid Railton designed, Gurney Nutting bodied Blue Bird appeared in 1931.
		Fitted with a Napier Sprint Lion VII Schneider Cup aircraft engine, it would propel him to a speed of 246.09mph on 5th February 1931, earning him a new record, a Knighthood and the coveted Lord Wakefield Trophy for his achievements.
	www.racingcampbells.com /content/malcolm.asp (694 words)

	The Thunderbolt Story
		Travelling round it at incredible speed was a fan shaped glare of headlamps accompanied by a fierce tearing noise, and as the dark blurred mass of the car shot by all along the bonnet were little tongues of flame.
		Cobb and Railton had shown the way and what’s more the Napier was taking world endurance records too, a duel purpose car, ideal for Brooklands and records.
		I had never realised the car had held the world 24hr endurance record at Bonneville salt flats at a staggering 150mph average, setting the hour record at 167mph, obviously the Brooklands lap record was no test of the cars real capabilities, more of road handling and guts.
	rcmoss.co.uk /rcmoss/story.htm (4830 words)

	CBCC Web Site - The Railton Rampage - Cross Country Race - 18/9/04
		Railton Rampage » The Railton Rampage - Cross Country Race - 18/9/04
		Road is a left turn about 2 thirds the way to Railton from Latrobe.
		Plone and its visual design is Copyright © 2000-2005 by Alexander Limi, Alan Runyan, Vidar Andersen.
	www.cbcc.community.net.au /Events/2004races/2004XCSeries2/railtonrampage/RailtonSept18 (160 words)

	DONALD CAMPBELL CBE: BLUEBIRD CN7 AND K7: SON OF SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL SPEED ACE ON LAND AND WATER.
		All that remained was to fit the Rolls Royce engine, then on 10th August, Donald made four runs and later in the week experienced a scary moment or two but nevertheless did not let up.
		Reid Railton brought it to the attention of the team that Stanley Sayers boat used a special propeller that enabled the boat to lift out of the water - a prop rider.
		Reid Railton had seen K4 in action and noticed it rise a the rear, causing the nose to point down into the water.
	www.bluebird-electric.net /donald_campbell_cbe.htm (602 words)

	CanadianDriver: Motoring Memories - Terraplane
		It even inspired an international hybrid, the Terraplane engined English Railton.
		Reid Railton of land speed record fame began building them in mid-1934 in Cobham, Surrey, England.
		Terraplanes were also manufactured in Canada by the Canadian Top and Body Company Ltd. of Tilbury, Ontario.
	www.canadiandriver.com /articles/bv/terraplane.htm (764 words)

	Dunlop Tyres UK
		The Railton Mobil Special is simply a legend on four-wheels.
		Designed by Reid Railton in 1938 and fitted with Dunlop tyres, the car smashed the world land-speed record that same year.
		Smaller and indeed half the size of its nearest competitor, the Railton Mobil Special's aluminium body weighed only 180 kilos and completely enclosed the chassis beneath, where two Napier Lion aero engines provided an incredible 2,500 horse power.
	www.dunloptyres.co.uk /dunlop/didYouKnow (582 words)

	sh: History of the Motor Car - Brooke Bond tea cards offered in the interest of education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This racing car was developed from the luxury Leyland 8 touring car which Parry Thomas designed with his young assistant Reid Railton and it lapped Brooklands at 129.36 mph in 1925.
		A racing version of the Nine called the Brooklands was developed by Parry Thomas and Reid Railton.
		Although Austin and MG built some fine 750cc and 1100cc racing cars in the ERAs scored the major British victories at home and abroad in the 1½ litre voiturette class which their main rivals were the Italian Maseraris.
	www.whom.co.uk /squelch/histcars.htm (5112 words)

	ERA R4B - Ultimatecarpage.com - Images, Specifications and Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Reid Railton was hired as designer of the new car for the Voiturette class.
		Drivers selected the gear before using the clutch so that the selected gear was automatically engaged when the clutch was pressed.
		Railton designed a ladder-frame chassis, much like that of the competitors.
	www.ultimatecarpage.com /frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=1709 (717 words)

	Thrust SSC - Mach 1 Club
		Though it was not always fashionable for such an attribute to be appreciated and acknowledged widely in those days, Cobb was the perfect test driver, a true prototype for today's technocrats.
		The relationship between the fur broker, genius designer Reid Railton and engineers Kenneth Thomson and Ken Taylor was based on mutual respect.
		When he went to Bonneville with the Railton he knew every nuance of the tyres from watching them closely during high-speed tests at Fort Dunlop.
	www.thrustssc.com /thrustssc/Club/Secure/The_Reluctant_Hero.html (3669 words)

	Classic Cars For Sale, Used Riley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The first Riley sports car to use the Nine engine was surprisingly not built by Riley, but the inspiration from the great J. Parry Thomas, soon to be tragically killed while attempting to break the Land Speed Record in "Babs" at Pendine Sands in March 1927.
		The project was picked up by Reid Railton, the first few 'Brooklands Speed Models' being built by Thomson and Taylor.
		Driven by Railton, the new racing car won its first race at Brooklands in the Autumn meeting of 1927 at 91.37mph, astonishing for an 1100cc car.
	www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk /classiccars/riley.php (370 words)

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