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M8 engines, and the transmission was 5-speed self-changing. The powered coach had 16 first class seats and 26 second class, the trailed coach was all first class. The demonstration train was one built for service on the
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manufacturer and sales organisation from 1906 to 1984. At the start and the end of its life it built its own products, for the rest of the time it sold vehicles manufactured by
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in 1928. It was tested on various branch lines in southern
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in 1907. In 1911 Ryknield went into administration and Ernest
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