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four of Stroudley's terriers possibly the 

 finest tank engines for their size which 

 have run upon rails. 



No. 9 was scrapped and replaced by a 

 similar machine bearing the name " Fish- 

 bourne ". 



No. n, now "Newport", formerly 40 

 L.B.S.C., and named " Brighton ", gained 

 the Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition of 

 1878 and incidentally ran at 50 miles an 

 hour on the Quest Railway of France, 

 proving to our French friends, despite their 

 disclaimers, that such a speed was possible, 

 especially when run by a six-coupled 

 engine with only 4 feet diameter driving 

 wheels. 



No. 10 is named " Cowes " and No. 12 

 " Ventnor ". These seven famous terriers 

 not only do a great deal of the passenger 

 work on the branch lines of the island sys- 

 tem, but they do most of the shunting and 

 goods work. 



The Isle of Wight Railway handed over 

 seven engines to the Southern, all of the 

 veterans of the 2-4-0 wheel formula, all 



