An old engraving of steam locomotive designed for use in mines. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. This American engine, Baldwin’s direct acting locomotive, worked on a gauge of 2 feet 6 ins and burnt coke or anthracite for fuel. A mine railway (or mine railroad or pit railway), is a railway constructed to carry materials and workers in and out of a mine. At first on of wood rails, but eventually adding protective iron, waggons were hauled by men (and children) or horse and donkey. Sometimes steam locomotion by fixed engines outside the mine.
An old engraving of steam locomotive designed for use in mines. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. This American engine, Baldwin’s direct acting locomotive, worked on a gauge of 2 feet 6 ins and burnt coke or anthracite for fuel. A mine railway (or mine railroad or pit railway), is a railway constructed to carry materials and workers in and out of a mine. At first on of wood rails, but eventually adding protective iron, waggons were hauled by men (and children) or horse and donkey. Sometimes steam locomotion by fixed engines outside the mine were used rather than moving steam locos.
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Location: USA
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