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--[[User:Graham Phillips 110|Graham Phillips 110]] ([[User talk:Graham Phillips 110|talk]]) 07:54, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
:I paraphrased from Marshall's SVR book, p121 (talking about when the line first opened). Marshall's actual wording is ''Trains had hand brakes only; tender engines had no brakes whatever and could be stopped either by a hand brake on the tender or, in an emergency, by throwing them into reverse. Some tank engines had hand brakes, others no brakes.'' And from p122, ''With the gradual introduction of continuous brakes on passenger trains, brakes on locomotives began to appear in 1876, largely to relieve the stress on drawbars when the train brakes were applied.'' I will try and tweak the wording accordingly. --[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 19:44, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks for that. It must have made manoeuvring within a loco shed or buffering up to a train a bit tricky.
--[[User:Graham Phillips 110|Graham Phillips 110]] ([[User talk:Graham Phillips 110|talk]]) 19:50, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

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