92 Book of Locomotives 



and Scottish have had the hardest task. 

 Not only is it the biggest of the groups, 

 embodying several first rank railways, but 

 it may be said, on general lines, that here 

 was the need for most careful policy. In 

 the first place, the chief mechanical engineer- 

 ship went to a gentleman who was at the 

 head of one of the smaller big companies 

 the Lancashire and Yorkshire whose loco- 

 motive needs might conceivably not be 

 those of the larger companies. But Mr. 

 Hughes rose to the occasion, and though 

 he introduced no startling new designs, he 

 did strengthen the stud with many of his 

 well-tried four cylinder 4-6-05, whose only 

 fault is that they were not really big enough 

 for the task which they had to perform. 

 These had cylinders (4) i6|x26 inches 

 with 6| feet driving wheels. They are very 

 good engines, but are not new in design, 

 their fore-runners (slightly smaller and 

 superheated) having come out as far back 

 as 1908. The new machines were sent to 

 displace some older North-Western loco- 

 motives of the " Claughton " and " Prince 



