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Railway, also (re-erected) an iron girder bridge designed by George 

 Stephenson in 1824-5 fo*" the horse- worked portion of the Stockton and 

 Darlington Railway. This is claimed to have been the first iron railway 

 bridge in the world. 



Other engines to be seen include a single-wheeled passenger engine 

 designed by Patrick Stirling for the Great Northern Railway in 1870 ; 

 the ' Gladstone ' engine built to the design of William Stroudley (1882) 

 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, and the ' City of 

 Truro,' designed by C. J. Churchward for the Great Western Railway, 

 which, on May 9, 1904, is claimed to have achieved the highest authentic 

 speed ever recorded for a railway train, viz. 102-3 m.p.h. 



The permanent way exhibits, rails, etc., form an especially fine collection 

 and include examples of types of rails used from the time of Outram 

 (1797) to the present day, notably portions of cast-iron rails from the 

 original Stockton and Darlington Railway ; specimens of rack rail (with 

 pinion wheels) used for the Blenkinsop engines of 18 12, and portions of 

 cast-iron and wrought-iron rails used by George Stephenson for the 

 Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. The specimens of early 

 rolling stock include two carriages from the Bodmin and Wadebridge 

 Railway (1834) — ^^^^ open and one closed — and some examples of early 

 chaldron wagons. 



Another of George Stephenson's inventions — the dandy cart, of which 

 a life-size model is shown — is interesting, partly from a humanitarian 

 point of view. The open-backed dandy cart was attached to the rear of a 

 set of horse-drawn trucks. When the top of an incline was reached the 

 horse was uncoupled from the front, to step into the dandy cart at the 

 rear and so to secure a well-earned ride downhill. 



The Permanent Way, York — Darlington. 



The main portion of the York Station is built on a curve of 17 chains 

 radius and the main line platforms are a third of a mile in length. 



On leaving York Station on the west side will be seen a new coaling 

 plant, comprising a reinforced concrete bunker situated above the two 

 railway tracks ; loaded coal wagons are raised up an inclined hoist and 

 tipped in the bunker. Engines are coaled on the tracks below. 



Three miles north of York, the river Ouse is crossed on a stone viaduct, 

 and one section of the work of doubling the main line tracks begins, one 

 track on each side. This section terminates at Beningb rough Station, 

 5I miles from York. 



At Alne, 11 miles fi'om York, is the junction with the Easingwold 

 Light Rail'w%y, on the east side. 



From this point and for some miles it is possible to see the White 

 Horse cut in the hillside near to Coxwold, looking forward to the right at 

 a distance of 8 miles. 



A second portion of the widening of the main line begins at Alne, an 

 additional line being constructed on the west side as far as Pilmoor 

 Junction, 16 miles from York. 



Otterington, zbh miles from York, is the starting point of a further 

 section of widening. An additional line is being constructed on the 



