Reported in both "Engineering" and "The Engineer"
The famous Stirling Single, an example of which is preserved at the National Railway Museum.
"EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE; G. N. R.
The Great Northern Railway is so noted for its heavy and fast passenger trains that the engines employed to work those trains have a special interest for locomotive engineers. The express tralfic of the Great Northern line necessiitates the running of trains consisting of from 15 to 26 carriages from Kin..
PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE FOR THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
CONSTRUCTED AT THE WORKS OF THE COMPANY, CREWE, FROM THE DESIGNS OF MR. F. W. WEBB, LOCOMOTIVE SUPERINTENDENT.
(Precursor Class 1875)
It will be remembered by many of our readers that when Mr. Robinson’s paper on “Modern Locomotives” was read before the Institution of Civil Engineers during the session of 1873-4, one of the chief points upon which the discussion turned was the difference between the types of ..
LOCOMOTIVE FOR THE NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.
We give this week a ... engraving of one of a type of passenger locomotives recently constructed from the designs of Mr. Drummond, the locomotive superintendent of the North British Railway, for working the fast passenger traffic on that line. As will be seen from our illustration the engine is of the inside cylinder type with a single pair of driving wheels, the cylinders being 17 in. in diameter with 2 ft. stroke, and the driving wheels 7 ft.in diameter..