. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . more & Ohio railroad, and wereknown as the Mud Diggers. Theirweight, in working order, was 23l/2 tons,and were equipped with cylinders 17 24 ins. cylinders and main connections were usedas parts of stationary engines in theshops of the road after their road serv-ice was terminated. Ross Winans is credited as the leaderin advocating powerful locomotives, andundoubtedly had the clear conception ofthe economy that would result from theuse of engines as large as the trackwould carry, and,
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . more & Ohio railroad, and wereknown as the Mud Diggers. Theirweight, in working order, was 23l/2 tons,and were equipped with cylinders 17 24 ins. cylinders and main connections were usedas parts of stationary engines in theshops of the road after their road serv-ice was terminated. Ross Winans is credited as the leaderin advocating powerful locomotives, andundoubtedly had the clear conception ofthe economy that would result from theuse of engines as large as the trackwould carry, and, as is well known, it isonly within the present century that rail-road managers have endorsed by practicethe wisdom of his policy. The light trackwhich his engines had to run upon keptdown the weight, but with all the restric-tions imposed by weak structures andprejudice against heavy loads, he builtengines that compared fairly in efficiencywith those of recent times. Mr. Winanswas for a number of years employed asassistant engineer of machinery on theBaltimore & Ohio railroad, and aided in. EARLY LOCOMOTIVE MUD DIGGER ON THE BALTIMORE & OHIO KA1LROAD. As shown in the accompanying illustra-tion, the main connecting rods werecoupled to cranks on a shaft extendingacross the frames, in the rear of the fire-box, and geared by spur wheels to theback driving axle. The driving wheelswere 33 ins. in diameter, and the drivingaxles carried end cranks that werecoupled by side rods. As the main andside rods moved in opposite directions,by reason of the interposed gearinengines presented a novel and peculiarappearance when in motion, and attractedmuch attention from the bewildered on-lookers. Twelve of these Winans engines wenfurnished between the dates referred to,and the one built by the company in 1847was known as the Mount flare. Allof these engines were in active serviceduring the Civil War, and some of themcontinued in yard service for a numberof years later, and a number of their the
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