Running of a Locomotive 135 



For a moment we pause to think what i 

 in 95 can be, then, of course, we know 

 that it means that in every 95 feet the line 

 rises i foot. This is a stiff gradient for 

 the locomotive with a heavy load, one that 

 " Old George ): would have ruled out, if 

 at all possible. 



In nine minutes we have run the five 



miles between A and B , the miners 



rush out of the train and homewards, the 

 coaches are shunted into a siding until an- 

 other shift of miners will need them about 

 noon. Off comes the gallant " 600 " and 

 there is now just a wisp of steam escaping 

 from her safety valves, which means that 

 she has plenty of breath after her hard 

 climb. What next? No need to ask, for 

 already we are backing down to a coal train 

 and in less than ten minutes we are off 



back to C where we arrive just after 



seven. 



No rest for " No. 600 ", we are to take 

 the heavy local passenger up to D , a 

 run of 19 miles with seven stops. We take 

 rather a long while on these nineteen miles, 



