Development of Locomotive 2 1 



box, the cylinders halfway down the frames, 

 and two or three pairs of carrying wheels 

 were used to carry the weight of the long 

 boiler. Quite a number of the Cramptons 

 were sent to the continent. One of them, 

 intended for Belgium and called the 

 " Namur ", was tried on the North- Western. 

 So excellently did she acquit herself, taking 

 twice and thrice as great a load as the 

 engines already in use, that the big railway 

 ordered two like her. These were named 

 the " London " and the " Liverpool ". 

 They did very good work, but, the pound- 

 ing of their big driving wheels, upon which 

 rested so much of the weight of the engine, 

 played havoc with the light-weight metals 

 of that day. The North- Western engineers 

 said, ' we like the Cramptons, they are 

 fine little fellows, but do you realise that 

 if they remain, or are added to, there will 

 be no North-Western Railway for them to 

 run upon? ' 



The directors made enquiries, and found 

 that the charge brought against the Cramp- 

 tons was only too true, so they went. 



