158 Book of Locomotives 



inch; tractive effort 4,775 lb.; total weight 

 of engine and tender 9! tons. 



This old engine was presented by the 

 Hetton and Joicey Collieries, with whom 

 Sir Arthur Wood joined, and eventually it 

 will stand on a section of the original track. 

 This was laid upon stone blocks as being 

 thought more durable than modern sleepers ; 

 it was, but the cost of maintenance was 

 excessive especially upon those railways, 

 apart from colliery lines, which tried it. 



Another exhibit which claims early atten- 

 tion is the original No. i the famous eight- 

 footer built in 1870 by Patrick Stirling 

 for the Great Northern. This engine ran 

 37 years, and upon its withdrawal had over 

 a million miles to its credit a record in- 

 deed. This class of engine, allowing for its 

 size, of course, was the finest ever built; 

 certainly there had never been a more 

 graceful machine, nor a better, for they 

 persistently handled loads far above the 

 weight they were designed to haul. A type 

 which, for thirty years can haul the fast 

 " Flying Scotsman " easily the most famous 



