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Behind the jollification, the Bure Valley gained firm information about the performance of different locos over their line before committing time and expense to the design and construction of their own locos. An outline plan was on view of a massive 4-8-2 proposal by TMA engineering...and Bob Meanley...This was 28 feet over buffers in the style of the South African Railways loco that appears on the company's logo...Its 7.5" x 10" cylinders, 22" driving wheels, five square feet grate and 180psi boilder promised to deliver a massive 3,912lbs of tractive effort. This would be considerably more than the 2,500lbs of Northern Rock, which was hauling fully-loaded 10-coach trains without effort in the hands of its regualr driver Trevor Stockton.