. The ways of our railways . i^sr-i** aatfi?^* MODERN COXTINUOUj-BRAKICD GOODS TRAIN, Ci. by the Locomotive Publishing ]. APPROACH TO NEWCASTLE CENTRAL STATION, N. E. by the Loi\iio:ift Piiblishinx Comf)iiiiy.] THE CONTROL OF THE TRAINS. 157 this figure the additional cost to the company canbe readily deduced. In times of booming traffic,a considerable increase of mileage ma}- be expectedto pass the Board ; but if the weekly returns areshowing decreases, an ambitious programme of newtrains is almost certain to be referred back for cur-tailment. The approval of the gen
. The ways of our railways . i^sr-i** aatfi?^* MODERN COXTINUOUj-BRAKICD GOODS TRAIN, Ci. by the Locomotive Publishing ]. APPROACH TO NEWCASTLE CENTRAL STATION, N. E. by the Loi\iio:ift Piiblishinx Comf)iiiiy.] THE CONTROL OF THE TRAINS. 157 this figure the additional cost to the company canbe readily deduced. In times of booming traffic,a considerable increase of mileage ma}- be expectedto pass the Board ; but if the weekly returns areshowing decreases, an ambitious programme of newtrains is almost certain to be referred back for cur-tailment. The approval of the general managerand the traffic committee having been secured, re-ference to the full Board is usually a mere formality,although a superintendent who has set his heartupon producing an epoch-making time-table cannotfeel quite happy until the last of these preliminarieshas been successfully negotiated. Then the time-table clerks can be set to work in earnest, and theyhave a busy six weeks or so until the last sheet hasgone to press and the formes are in the printersfoundry. The time-tables, or penny books, with whichthe travelling public
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