148 Book of Locomotives 



Perhaps the largest tender in regular use 

 in these Islands is that fitted to Mr. Gresley's 

 fine "Pacifies", which will hold 7,000 

 gallons of water and no less than nine tons 

 of coal. On the other hand, the corres- 

 ponding class of ' Pacifies >: on the old 

 North-Eastern, i.e. of the " Raven " regime, 

 have six-wheeled tenders with water capa- 

 city of 4,125 gallons and fuel of 5! tons. 

 The Gresley " Pacifies " have eight- wheeled 

 tenders non-bogie. 



It seems strange now to read that, by 

 Act of Parliament, all locomotives must burn 

 coke. It was not put quite so bluntly, but, 

 that is what the early enactments meant. 

 They were drawn up against the locomotive, 

 and they were made so irksome that it is 

 really a wonder that the early machines 

 kept going. ' The locomotive must con- 

 sume its own smoke," said the Act, and 

 there were serious penalties for the offending 

 engine men. 



In the pioneering days there was only 

 one way of ensuring smoke consumption, 

 viz., to use fuel which did not give off 



