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new, before my time, of course, they were 

 thought the finest coaches in the country, 

 as indeed they were." 



" You will notice they have six wheels, 

 at the time they were built, most had only 

 four." The driver had to break off hurriedly 

 and with his hand on the regulator waited 

 the guard's signal to start from the station 

 platform into which we had backed our 

 train. What a strange looking lot of fellows 

 these miners were, what curious passengers, 

 and how would soft cushioned seats have 

 fared with their coal dust laden clothes! 

 Fine, cheery fellows, glad to have finished 

 their spell underground while you and I 

 have been sound asleep. No one who has 

 lived and worked amongst them will be- 

 grudge them whatever wages are paid fo 

 their dangerous and unpleasant task. 



With just a small jerk we are off and once 

 more our five-foot coupled wheels whizz 

 round merrily with hardly a clank of the 

 coupling rod now. We ran downhill to 



A , now we are panting up quite a stiff 



incline which our driver says is i in 95. 



