A recent traveller on the Qreymouth Railway says that in rounding the many serpentine curves it is necessary to take the train along very gently and to couple the carriages only by the chains—leaving the hook attachment unfastened to give the carriages inoro play. The speed throughout is not at high pressure, for, as our informant avers, lie noticed that a Newfoundland dog owned by a passenger in the train kept up close in the rear without apparent difficulty.
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Western Star, Issue 156, 2 September 1876, Page 6
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