DRIVERS AND THEIR ENGINES.
BREAKING THE LINK. LONDON, Oct. IS. Having discovered that enginedrivers become too fond of their engines, the railway companies have decided xhat. drivers shall not he! pas-, milted to.' drive the same, locomotive? for any length oi time. The driver of the famous LondonDevon express, while racing; aiongi converses with, his engines—for exampie, ‘’Steady now, Polly; there's plenty of time P’"The companies consider" that such affection menaces the efficiency of the drivers, and that in nursing* and pampering the engines they ar e apt to lose time, instead of going “alf out.” They treat the engine like a rider who pets a favourite
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Otaki Mail, 9 November 1923, Page 3
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