. French railways . jsr^^f^ ,>=-- *;;S£<«»= FOUE-CYLrNDER COMPOUND EXPRESS ENGINE 2608. about as good as anything we had done. Thetimes were (from Amiens) : inutes. Seconds 56 17X 57 31 58 8^ 58 45i 59 231 60 0! 60 361 61 12 FRENCH RAILWAYS 111 POBtS. Miuutea. Seciinds 39 61 ■^i 38 62 23 r 37 62 594 34 64 50 ;J 33 65 28 32 66 5- 31 66 42i 30 67 20 28 68 331. fotjr-cylinder compoukd express engine 2608(another view). After this, nothing particular happened. Wewere slacked about post 24, and eventually drewup in the Gare du Nord 2 minutes early—88minute
. French railways . jsr^^f^ ,>=-- *;;S£<«»= FOUE-CYLrNDER COMPOUND EXPRESS ENGINE 2608. about as good as anything we had done. Thetimes were (from Amiens) : inutes. Seconds 56 17X 57 31 58 8^ 58 45i 59 231 60 0! 60 361 61 12 FRENCH RAILWAYS 111 POBtS. Miuutea. Seciinds 39 61 ■^i 38 62 23 r 37 62 594 34 64 50 ;J 33 65 28 32 66 5- 31 66 42i 30 67 20 28 68 331. fotjr-cylinder compoukd express engine 2608(another view). After this, nothing particular happened. Wewere slacked about post 24, and eventually drewup in the Gare du Nord 2 minutes early—88minutes 14 seconds from Amiens (81| miles). The up and down Cute dAzur Rapides givethe Paris-Lyon-Mediterranee engines their bestchance of distinguishing themselves. Coming up 112 FRENCH RAILWAYS one evening from Dijon with engine No. 2608(a four-cylinder compound with six-coupled wheels6 feet 6| inches in diameter) and this train, we hada load of 262 tons behind the tender. The ascentof the long bank from Dijon (812 feet above thesea) to the exit from the Blaisy-Bas tunnel (1328feet) was uninteresting, and steam was shut offto descend the steeply falling gradients which arethen met with, but, after the more level groundhad been reached, 66f miles from Thenissey toBrienon—the last station before Laroche—wererun in 66f minutes, though we lost 3 minutesthrough having almost to stop on ac
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