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headquarters each day. Assuming for the 

 moment that it is desirable to maintain the 

 non-stop, i.e. to miss intermediate stations, 

 it could still have been possible to change 

 engines outside a half-way stop, and still 

 secure to the passengers the freedom from 

 interference which is such a valued asset 

 at the present moment. 



Several of Mr. Gresley's powerful 

 * Pacifies " have now been fitted with the 

 corridor tender which has the same fuel 

 and water capacity as those of the usual 

 description. To secure this, it has been 

 necessary to lengthen and heighten the 

 tender. Access from the tender to the cor- 

 ridor of the first coach is gained by a side 

 passage which has a width of 18 inches and 

 a height of 5 feet. Steps at each end of 

 the tender afford access from the end of 

 the gangway or corridor to that of the 

 engine footplate at the front and the vesti- 

 buled coach at the rear. 



Circular windows are provided, one at 

 each end of the corridor for lighting the 

 interior. This arrangement is a singularly 



