0 Paddington to |Reading| 36 | 47 | 67 | 149 | 216
Plymouth | | | | | |
11.45 do. |Swindon| 771/4 | 53 | 67 | 104 | 171
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NARROW GAUGE TO THE NORTH| | | | |
10.0 Paddington to|Reading| 36 | 39.2 | 60 | 190 | 250
Birkenhead | | | | | |
4.45 do. |Oxford | 631/2 | 48.8 | 60 | 129 | 189
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[Illustration: FIG 2.--GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.]
The narrow gauge trains are worked by two classes of engines. The first is
a single engine with inside cylinders 18 in. diameter, 24 in. stroke. The
driving wheels are 7 ft. diameter, and the leading and trailing wheels 4
ft. The frames are double, giving outside bearings to the leading and
trailing axles, and outside and inside bearings to the driving axle; this
arrangement gives a very steady running engine, and insures, as far as can
possibly be done, safety in case of the fracture of a crank axle. The
frames are 15 inches deep, of BB Staffordshire iron.
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