. Book of the Royal blue . LLECTHIC WKIOHT 9« TONS. THE MODERN BALTIMORE & OHIO ,. ^;- CLASS ■ CUMPOUXU COXSliLIDATIUN FREKiHT EXCilXES. WITH WOOTTENFIREBOXES. WEIUHT IOlNUS, 115 IN VSE. Ohio weigh nearly ninety tons. Not one,but literally hundreds of them are pullinggreat 3,000-ton trains over divisions whichiive years ago a 1,000-ton train was themaximum and a great rarity. A person unaccustomed to movementsof traffic, and not associated with railwaymanagement, can hardly realize the greatexpenditure necessary to enable a railroad in one lot, an extr
. Book of the Royal blue . LLECTHIC WKIOHT 9« TONS. THE MODERN BALTIMORE & OHIO ,. ^;- CLASS ■ CUMPOUXU COXSliLIDATIUN FREKiHT EXCilXES. WITH WOOTTENFIREBOXES. WEIUHT IOlNUS, 115 IN VSE. Ohio weigh nearly ninety tons. Not one,but literally hundreds of them are pullinggreat 3,000-ton trains over divisions whichiive years ago a 1,000-ton train was themaximum and a great rarity. A person unaccustomed to movementsof traffic, and not associated with railwaymanagement, can hardly realize the greatexpenditure necessary to enable a railroad in one lot, an extraordinary order from arailroad that at that time was doing extra-ordinary things. The bridges fixed, the rail, mostly sixty-seven pounds to the yard, must be replacedwith eighty-five pound steel, costing moreand taking many more tons to the rails needed new ties, and while railwas bought in 10,000-ton lots, very fre-
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