. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . W. D. Otis, who Controi^s the Tracks. Wm. , who Controls the Power. Archibald Buchanan, the veteran engineer,looking round, giving final oil touches,and appearing as if one of the joyfulevents of his life was about to come careful arrangements had beencompleted in advance for keeping an exactrecord of the time made from start to sets of time cards were prepared, onwhich three men were to enter the time ofpassing each station. One was ProfessorP. H. Dudley, one of the most ac
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . W. D. Otis, who Controi^s the Tracks. Wm. , who Controls the Power. Archibald Buchanan, the veteran engineer,looking round, giving final oil touches,and appearing as if one of the joyfulevents of his life was about to come careful arrangements had beencompleted in advance for keeping an exactrecord of the time made from start to sets of time cards were prepared, onwhich three men were to enter the time ofpassing each station. One was ProfessorP. H. Dudley, one of the most accom-plished engineering physicists living ; an-other was Mr. A. G. Leonard, assistant toMr. Webb ; the other was the writer. Wecarefully compared our watches beforestarting, and adjusted the second hands tothe same position. At 5;4o:3o the enginestarted the train, and in a few seconds wewere rushing through the tunnel at a speedwhich indicated that Archie intended doingliis best to beat the record to Albany. a comparatively easj- matter for the en-gines to lift the train into a spe
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