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Article: Passion for speed.(Features)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- July 27, 2009
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Byline: Compiled by Charles Legge
QUESTIONWhat became of the Railton motor car company?
SIR (Albert) Noel Campbell Macklin (1886-1946) was a car maker, boat designer and a Royal Horse Artillery Captain in World War I. Invalided in 1915, he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and served with the Dover Patrol. He founded two car assembly companies: Invicta in 1925 and Railton in 1933.
Railton cars were built by the Fairmile Engineering Company in Cobham, Surrey. The name came from John Railton, the world speed record car designer. Though he had little involvement, the name helped give the image of a fast sports car.
The first car ...