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Bad form to follow-up your own posting, I know, but a little
research has discovered that the M class were 4-4-2+2-4-4
8-cylinder compounds.  I would suggest that the complexity of
articulation combined with the complexity of compounding might
have had some bearing on the successs or otherwise of these
locos.

>>> I have read most of what has been published about the TGR L
>>> and M class Garratts, and they all say that they were not
>>> regarded as a success.
>>>
>>> But none of the references I have read have said why they
>>> were not regarded as a success.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on their perceived lack of success ?
>>>
>>> --
>>> DPC James McInerney
>>>
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