XIII 



VAGARIES OF THE LOCOMOTIVE 



THE locomotive is a horse as we all 

 know; it is not only that he hauls loads, 

 working " on the collar " as the saying goes, 

 but he eats and drinks, needs careful 

 grooming and a rest day once a week. In 

 addition, the locomotive has strange ca- 

 prices ; he has been known to bolt suddenly 

 and in the day's work he will often dis- 

 play an uncanny resemblance to the steed 

 of flesh and blood in the way his work is 

 done. 



In a team of horses there will always be 

 one which does not pull his weight; in a 

 batch of engines working in a link the very 

 same characteristic will be found. A " link ' 

 by the way, is a section of duties upon 

 which a certain number of engines will be 



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