. The street railway review . ome days on account ofthe fire of June 20, 1S95, (i()4 ^tetS^oiWoy-j^yW* AN ELECTRIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVE. Startling and Original Effects Produced in a Street Parade onthe Tcrre Haute Tracks. Not satisfied with the long list of strictly originalfeatures devised and successfully put in operation in con-nection with his street railway in Terra Haute, RussellB. Harrison, president of the company, has fairly out-done himself in his latest and greatest achievement. It was built in the Vandalia shops in Terre Haute, andthe men who constructed it are shown in the illustratio
. The street railway review . ome days on account ofthe fire of June 20, 1S95, (i()4 ^tetS^oiWoy-j^yW* AN ELECTRIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVE. Startling and Original Effects Produced in a Street Parade onthe Tcrre Haute Tracks. Not satisfied with the long list of strictly originalfeatures devised and successfully put in operation in con-nection with his street railway in Terra Haute, RussellB. Harrison, president of the company, has fairly out-done himself in his latest and greatest achievement. It was built in the Vandalia shops in Terre Haute, andthe men who constructed it are shown in the illustration. The steam to operate the air brakes, electric head-light, steam whistle, furnish the exhaust, and to throwsmoke out of the stack, as a regular locomotive, wasgenerated in a light boiler built on the trucks. Thisengine was so perfect that had it not been for the trolleypole over the cab it would have deceived every one, asthe driving wheels moved and the steam escaped from thecylinders. The engineer was Uncle Billy Baugh, a.
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