Running of a Locomotive 131 



are mapped out for her so that she will 

 take a share of each. 



We realise how useful such an engine is 

 when we see what she does. Let us suppose 

 she had had a rest on Sunday, having had 

 her clean down late on Saturday night, by 

 the men appointed for this important work. 

 The cleaner of to-day is the fireman of 

 to-morrow, and the fireman of to-morrow 

 will doubtless be the driver a few years 

 hence that is how they progress. Very 

 early on Monday morning the fire of " No. 

 600 " is started. 



At five o'clock the driver and his mate 

 sign on duty and before doing anything 

 else they note the traffic orders of the day, 

 so far as they affect them. There will 

 be a slowing over a bridge under repair, 

 the water column at Puddleton will be 

 out of order for a couple of days, and 

 so on. 



Then they go to the shed and look over 

 their steed, noticing how much water there 

 is in the tanks of the tender; the coal is 

 already loaded upon it, having been weighed 



