When diesel-drawn trains were introduced a few years ago, first of all on the busy Edinburgh-Glasgow line, the public responded to the improvement with enthusiasm. It seemed wonderful that the old curses of smoke and smuts had disappeared. The sociability of the open corridor coaches was appreciated by the great majority of travellers. Busy men and eager small boys-appreciated the fast acceleration out of stations. Miraculously, these new diesels seemed to break down the old-standing barriers between Scotland's two largest cities.

Now by far the largest city of Scotland is having its internal pressures relieved by trains of the most advanced design. Its countless commuters, to use the convenient American word, are to be passed to and from their city tasks by a service of electric trains that move like arrows on a frequency unheard of in the days of steam. The focal point of the new system is obviously Glasgow's Queen Street Station, and during the peak period the new, bright trains pass through it at the average rate of one every three minutes."