faster than the lightning flash
It travels on its journey.

We leave Llangynog town at nine
Without a darkening frown,
And fleeter than the cuckoo's flight
At three reach London town.

{94} See head of this Chapter.

{114} Later the colours were changed to cream and green, with yellow and
red lines, until January, 1909, when, for economical reasons, following
the examples of some other railways, the Cambrian repainted all their
coaches entirely in dark green, with yellow lines.

{118} For some years Earl Vane had a private saloon on the railway,
painted in the family colours, yellow and lilac, with his coat of arms on
every door, and fitted with a water tank on the roof, but it was found
too cumbrous for continued use on the main line, and was afterwards
converted into an ordinary carriage, and still runs, in this more mundane
form, on the Tanat Valley branch.

{131} See "Some Earlier Branches."

{132} See "Some Earlier Branches."

{133} On Mr. Herbert Jones's retirement at the end of 1918, the offices
of locomotive superintendent and engineer were combined, and have since
been jointly occupied by Mr. G. C. McDonald.

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