Letter, Timothy Hackworth to John Wesley Hackworth, 15 March 1848

[Ms. letter] 1848 Mar 15, London Bridge Station [to] J. W. Hackworth, Soho Works, Shildon, B[isho]p Auckland / Timothy Hackworth. [3p. on 1 leaf. He has met Mr Wilson of Leeds whose new engine he describes. Wilson, after taking the engine back to Leeds hopes 'to run 80 miles per hour with about 6 coaches'; 'it has already cost them about £5000, they have taken out a patent'. He (Wilson) hopes 'to run upon a narrow guage line side by side with Brunells'; he 'expects to run faster than Brunell'. Hackworth speaks generally about the future of the locomotive engine: 'simplicity & economy must be the order of the day'. He seems depressed by affairs and is 'really very desirous to be at Home ... I have had enough of it this time'. On SM negs. 444-7/89]