. Principles of railroad transportation . -. f. 50 o *i > W $f— c O J3> o >.~ 8 -° o a» « > T3 5 op o>a O ■*- £3 ; og g • uc3 EH TRACK AND LOCOMOTIVE DEVELOPMENT 57 United States was built in 1904 by tbe American Loco-motive Company at Schenectady, N. Y., for the use ofthe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The use of this typehas increased greatly in recent years, especially on thoseroads having a heavy traffic crossing mountain grades,where it is employed for pusher service. Some Mallet loco-motives have been built with articulated boilers, but inmost of them the boilers are of rigi
. Principles of railroad transportation . -. f. 50 o *i > W $f— c O J3> o >.~ 8 -° o a» « > T3 5 op o>a O ■*- £3 ; og g • uc3 EH TRACK AND LOCOMOTIVE DEVELOPMENT 57 United States was built in 1904 by tbe American Loco-motive Company at Schenectady, N. Y., for the use ofthe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The use of this typehas increased greatly in recent years, especially on thoseroads having a heavy traffic crossing mountain grades,where it is employed for pusher service. Some Mallet loco-motives have been built with articulated boilers, but inmost of them the boilers are of rigid construction and onlythe frames jointed. At the Baldwin Locomotive Worksseveral Mallet locomotives have been built by combiningand rebuilding two locomotives of ordinary type. In 1913this firm constructed for the Erie Railroad a triplex articu-lated locomotive having three sets of drivers and cylin-ders, two sets und
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