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 which came to their rescue as pilots, and 

 often they took the whole of the 3OO-ton 

 train themselves when the compound had 

 to be taken off. They had driving wheels 

 6 feet in diameter, with cylinders 17x24, 

 and in their glossy black uniform, with its 

 neat lining out, and company's crest on 

 centre splasher they were good looking 

 machines. Now those which remain in 

 service have been given an all-over dull 

 black coat, as used for the goods engines 

 of Britain's greatest railway a small point 

 perhaps, but one never cares to see the 

 least sign of falling off in the care of the 

 best machines man has yet produced. A 

 locomotive uniform has a publicity value 

 not always allowed for. 



On the Midland Mr. Kirtley produced 

 his famous " 800 ' class about the same 

 time as the " Newtons >: began to come 

 into service, and it would be difficult to 

 say which were the better engines were 

 it not for the fact that speed and 

 loads were relatively higher on the North- 

 Western. 



