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which opened in March 1924. This was built to replace an older bridge dating from 1860. The construction of this 800-foot-long bridge (240 m) was carried out to his design and largely under his supervision. It included an opening span on the
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An extensive study of these two-cylinder compound locomotives was created for the BNCR. There were "Heavy
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Besides his railway career, Malcolm was interested in educational matters and was a deputy governor of one of his old schools, RBAI. For many years he had also been on the
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Malcolm shrewdly took an interest in international engineering developments and he saw what von Borries was doing in Germany. Two-cylinder von Borries
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Malcolm was interested in steam brakes and took out several patents for improvements to this type of brake.
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which had 7-foot-diameter driving wheels (2.1 m). A 2-4-2T version,
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