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mind, and a desire to understand their 

 working, have nothing but praise for 

 the three-cylinder machines, some of which 

 have put up really remarkable runs under 

 capable handling. As to fuel economy, there 

 can be no question, always supposing they 

 are carefully fired. 



So pleased is Sir Henry Fowler with the 

 results attained with expresses deemed to be 

 beyond the four-coupled engine, that he 

 went on to design a three-cylinder 4-6-0 

 high-pressure compound. This after it was 

 erroneously announced that a four-cylinder 

 compound " Pacific >: was building; the 

 ' Pacific " machine got only to the planning 

 stage. But there are those who think it 

 should go farther, and embody all the excel- 

 lencies of the " Smith " compounds of the 

 Midland design, with the load pulling and 

 speed of the " Kings " of the Great Western, 

 or be capable of the extremely fine work 

 done by Gresley's " Pacifies ". 



We may now pass to the London and 

 North-Eastern. Elsewhere we have dealt 

 with the two fine " Pacific " types found on 



