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Unfortunately, this has all been done at 

 the expense of the goods engines which, 

 save on the Great Western, are all in 

 funereal black, many unrelieved with lining 

 out. Is the money saved on cleaning worth 

 while? I doubt it! No great firm would 

 send out their goods in a dirty delivery 

 van, and usually they try to get an arresting 

 colour scheme by which their vehicle may 

 be recognised at a glance. 



The Fletcher engine took her place in 

 the famous Newark brake trials, when an 

 effort was made to find some effectual brake 

 system ; from the trials emerged the efficient 

 brake systems of to-day. 



The most striking exhibit at York is 

 undoubtedly the famous ' Gladstone ", 

 added only in 1927, and restored to the 

 splendid daffodil livery which her designer, 

 William Stroudley, introduced on the 

 London, Brighton and South Coast railway. 

 This engine livery is now a thing of the 

 past, but it was of striking publicity value. 

 Though light in colour the engines were 

 rarely dirty, for the men took an interest 



