Identifier: everyboysbookofr00prot (find matches)
Title: Every boy's book of railways and steamships
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Protheroe, Ernest
Subjects: Railroads Steamboats
Publisher: London : Religious Tract Society
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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d arrive at Glasgow an hourlater. The Midland route, viA, Settle and Carlisle,is two hours longer than by L. & N.Western; andthe journey on the Great Central line occupieseleven hours. In travelling from London to Edinburgh theEast Coast route is more advantageous by 15minutes, the route being 5 miles shorter than byL. & N.Western via Carlisle ; but the Midlandand Great Central each occupy nearly Ij hourslonger than vi^ the Great Northern, North-Eastern,and the North British lines. In Chapter V., L, & N.W. locomotives played aworthy part upon many occasions. Three eventsin the companys locomotive history must not beomitted. On June 16, 1900, at Crewe workswas completed the 4000th engine, La France,which was exhibited at the Paris Exhibition. Tomark this notable achievement the Directorsgranted their 8000 employes at their locomotiveworks a days holiday without loss of pay ; whileupon Mr. Webb, the Chief Mechanical Engineer,was conferred the freedom of the borough of Crewe.
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PLATE XIII. 1. CORNWALL. 2. IRON FOUNDRY, CREWE WORKS. A GARLAND OF IRON RIBBONS 117 In August, 1902, was withdrawii from service afamous locomotive, Charles Dickens, beloved ofthe public for its name equally with its fine per-formances. This engine was engaged in the Londonto Manchester express service ; and during its scoreof busy years it had run at least 2,000,000 miles. The Cornwall (Plate XIII) deserves a para-graph to itself. It was built at Crewe by F.Trevithick, son of the man who first carriedpassengers by steam-power in 1801. When theengine was first turned out she was a single(4-2-2) with 8 feet 6 inch drivers; weight 27tons, outside cylinders, and a heating surface of1046 square feet. She was Trevithicks reply tothe broad-gauge engines, and upon one occasionwas reported to have done 117 miles an hourdown hill. In her first year of service shepiled herself up on a coal train, her driver waskilled, and she was thrown across the metals. Inthe year 1862 she was rebuilt and co

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