FOUR COUPLED BOGIE TANK ENGINE, NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY

We illustrate above and on the next page a new type of engine, with 17in. cylinders, 26in. stroke, and four coupled 6ft. wheels, put to work on the North British Railway within the last few weeks.The bogie wheels are 3ft. 6in. diameter, and the total wheel base is 21ft. 1in. The engines were designed by Mr. D. Drummond, locomotive superintendent of the North British Railway, for working the coast traffic of the company, and they were built as they should be built by ·Messrs. Neilson, Hyde Park Locomotive Works, Glasgow, and reflect much credit on Mr. Drummond