. Book of the Royal blue . THE LAM Il- Till, 1 AMi;i. BA( KS. ■ THE LAST OF THE CAMEL-BACKS. BY KR C. CROMWEM,. THE Camel-Hack marked a very import-ant epoch in the evolution of the loco-motive. This peculiar style of locomo-tive was designed and built by Ross Winansof HaltiuKire, Maryland, in IS)!, makint; thename of Winans historical, jirincipally fromthe fact of the radical departure of thisstyle of engine from previous construction. The first of these engines had cylinders17.\22, drivers 48 in diameter andweighed about Mi tons. In the later en-gines the cylinders were l
. Book of the Royal blue . THE LAM Il- Till, 1 AMi;i. BA( KS. ■ THE LAST OF THE CAMEL-BACKS. BY KR C. CROMWEM,. THE Camel-Hack marked a very import-ant epoch in the evolution of the loco-motive. This peculiar style of locomo-tive was designed and built by Ross Winansof HaltiuKire, Maryland, in IS)!, makint; thename of Winans historical, jirincipally fromthe fact of the radical departure of thisstyle of engine from previous construction. The first of these engines had cylinders17.\22, drivers 48 in diameter andweighed about Mi tons. In the later en-gines the cylinders were li»x 22, drivers22 and weighed about .1 tons. There were other advanced features inconstruction of these engines, i. e., in thelarger fire-box of a width extending to out-. si;uv[rE iXTii. ik Locomotives prior to the camel-backwere built with cylinders inclined and placedupon the smoke-box. The Winans type low-ered the cylinders in a direct horizontalplane with the centers of the driving wheels,which in those days was considered a retro-grade movement, since the object in placingthe cylinders on an inclined plane was todeliver ]>art of its force through the wheelsas tractive power, but the Winans enginescompletely exploded this theory. side of frame and a large dome for storingdry steam. Winans also believed in and these engines carried a pressure ofKM) pounds which was then considered high,fhis type of locomotive constituted thestandard freight locomotive on the Balti-more & Ohio Railroad system clear up tothe advent of the consolidation engine aboutthe year 1S78, since which time they havebeen gradually wearing out and being des-troyed, until in 1898 the last one was 10 THE LAST OF THE CAMEL-BACKS. completely dismantled and thrown
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