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this famous railway. There is no need 

 therefore to recapitulate their dimensions, 

 etc. We may just add that these two types 

 were introduced in the last year before the 

 grouping took place, and that after the order 

 for the Raven " Pacifies " had been executed, 

 no other engines of this class have been 

 added. But Mr. Gresley continues to add 

 to his stud, and no suggestion is made that 

 anything new is likely for the heavy expresses. 1 

 " Atlantic " building has ceased, and the 

 type may be regarded as practically obsolete. 

 This does not mean that there is any scrap- 

 ping yet of the splendid machines which 

 ran upon four distinct sections of the pres- 

 ent London and North-Eastern. Indeed, 

 many of the best trains are still hauled by 

 the classes which saw daylight at Doncaster, 

 Darlington, Gorton (Great Central) and 

 Cowlairs (North British). But it is signifi- 

 cant that for the lighter expresses, the 4-4-0 

 Great Central type, known as the " Director," 

 has been built in considerable numbers. 



1 Excluding of course the experimental high-pressure locomotives 

 already noted. 



