. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ssenger and two freight,and the road is operated with S-wheel.■ierican type 17 x 24 cylinders. They A])ri!, igo2. KAILVVAY ANIJ LOCOMOTIVE ENGINKERING iSl have a bad hill. lo niilcs long and i8s feetper mile, over which all freight trains aredouble-headed. The frciglu ec|uipnient hashand brakes, but the passenger coacheshave air, with plain triples. The oldB, ii brake vaKe i^ n-ed ..nd is securedto the side of the eab. uliieh is a very mental appearance gives one the impres-sion of runiiinc l
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ssenger and two freight,and the road is operated with S-wheel.■ierican type 17 x 24 cylinders. They A])ri!, igo2. KAILVVAY ANIJ LOCOMOTIVE ENGINKERING iSl have a bad hill. lo niilcs long and i8s feetper mile, over which all freight trains aredouble-headed. The frciglu ec|uipnient hashand brakes, but the passenger coacheshave air, with plain triples. The oldB, ii brake vaKe i^ n-ed ..nd is securedto the side of the eab. uliieh is a very mental appearance gives one the impres-sion of runiiinc llirough a continuousgraveyard, and I guess thats about rains in the tropics seem to containa large percentage of grease, and theharder it conies down, the worse the railjiiiv. The only sand obtainable is very rises at 0 , and sets at 0 , allthe year around, and there is only aboutIS minutes twilight. The railroad followsthe route nf the Panama canal, and everyfew miles you meet large sheds full oflocomotives; or huge, fully equipped ma-chine shops, all going to decay for want. 1 1 1 .••II ,.«.. ^ tiff inK» •♦ w^ ^^^^^H^KlttlBll^^e&sr- z^ ENCINEKRS mAKTKKS—COLON. COUNT DE LESSEfS HOUSE—COLON handy place. The main reservoir isplaced in the back part of the coal pit, amiboarded over. The engineer and conductor are the onlywhite men on the train, the rest beingJamaica negroes, as are the switch engi-neers in Colon and Panama. The switch-men in the yards are mostly Spaniards. Coal, of a very inferior quality has beenfound on the Isthmus, but the railroad issupplied with coal from Newport News. pour, being mostly pulverized sea shells,and it is a regular thing in the rainy sea-son to have to double the hill. Most of the conductors are operators,and as many of the stations are suppliedwih instruments, he can raise the traindispatches and get orders in case of adelay. The rainy season, which lasts forten months, consists of several very heavyshowers
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