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THE SINGLE-DRIVER LOCOMOTIVE 



WHILST turning over the pages of a railway 

 journal of the Diamond Jubilee year, I came 

 across a statement which takes one back at 

 a bound to what has been called " the golden 

 days of British locomotive." It ran, " With 

 the addition of the Holt steam-sanding 

 apparatus the single- driver has now taken 

 on a fresh, and we believe, a very long lease 

 of life. The free running of this favourite 

 type has always been its chief asset, and 

 now that adequate boilers have been given, 

 we shall look to see this favourite wheel 

 arrangement in charge of all the best ex- 

 presses on the lines which boast the finest 

 running. The single-driver is already in 

 charge of the best trains upon the Great 

 Western, the Great Eastern, the Great 

 Northern, and the Midland, and it will prob- 



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