Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Modern Steam Road Wagons
In designing these vehicles, not only is it absolutely necessary that the strains should be properly distributed, combining the lightest possible construction with the greatest strength, but that simplicity - inasmuch as we are dealing with a commercial article - must be ever kept in View.
The two most difficult problems which have been encountered are, undoubtedly, to design a fitting boiler and proper road wheels.
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