Single- Driver Locomotive 47 



difficult to fit into a link. These Ivatt singles 

 had cylinders (inside) i 8x26. 



Whilst dealing with the Great Northern, 

 a great line for the single-driver, we must 

 again mention the famous eight-footer, with 

 outside cylinders, dimensions 18x28, and, 

 of course, the leading bogie. The first 

 engine started a series, which, with few 

 variations, was built for twenty-five years, 

 and lasted in service not far short of fifty. 

 Such a type must have been superlatively 

 good. Whilst in charge at Doncaster Stirling 

 would never allow his splendid machines a 

 pilot: when loads got beyond them he con- 

 sidered that there was good reason for 

 splitting the train, and giving an extra ser- 

 vice to the patrons of the line a good 

 policy perhaps so long as the metals would 

 take the additional schedules, but difficult 

 for the running department in the height of 

 summer. 



On the Great Western the single-driver 

 persisted until 1900 as the express type, yet, 

 by 1915, there was not one of a very large 

 family left. The broad-gauge eight-footers 



