The wind was bucking round to the west and heavy rain had started again. “Send her down, Hughie!” he said under his breath, thinking with satisfaction of the soil being gouged out of Sunderland′s paddock and carried off into the rising river.

"Try 'em. Might be the thing for your sweetsome tooth.”

The 'Lord Falkland', which pulled the first train from Bombay to Thana on April 14, 1853 was built by the Vulcan Foundry in England and was a '2-4-0' tender engine. This was followed by other locomotives of the 2-4-0, 2-2-0 and 0-4-2 types, which continued in use for a number of years.

We had these hideous wenchlike uniforms: peasant blouses with poufy skirts.