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of Wales " class upon the heavy gradients 

 between Preston and Carlisle, and here, for 

 a time, they were the heaviest engines at 

 work. Mr. Hughes, as a swan song before 

 his retirement, gave the L.M.S. a tank 

 edition of these Horwich 4-6-05 these 

 were the large " Baltic " tanks, which are, 

 at the moment of writing, still the biggest 

 passenger tanks on the L.M.S. In all details 

 which matter the " Baltic " tanks are simply 

 the 4-6-03 with side tanks instead of ten- 

 ders. They weigh within three cwt. of the 

 level 100 tons, and are really magnificent 

 machines, though not numerous as yet. 



One distinctly new type appeared in the 

 summer of 1926 this was a new " mixed 

 traffic " engine of the " Mogul ", or 2-6-0 

 type. A huge machine, but distinctly ugly 

 round the motion portion. Utility, not 

 grace, is apparently the motto on the L.M.S., 

 if the latest " mixed traffic " type is a cri- 

 terion. 



One hardly thinks of the Midland at 

 all in this heavy looking engine, but we 

 are assured that though the locomotives 



