. The Locomotive. in some of the latest turbo electric THE LOCOMOTIVE. H\ installations where single units produce 55,000 H. P., there is foodfor thought on the tremendous development which, in the span of asingle lifetime, has been brought about in the production and use ofpower. The very fabric of our modern civilization is dependent uponeconomical production of power. Those nations which are rich incoal or water power possess a great advantage in the race for com-mercial supremacy over nations which are not so blest. A Notable Shipment of Locomotives. IN the above title, reference is
. The Locomotive. in some of the latest turbo electric THE LOCOMOTIVE. H\ installations where single units produce 55,000 H. P., there is foodfor thought on the tremendous development which, in the span of asingle lifetime, has been brought about in the production and use ofpower. The very fabric of our modern civilization is dependent uponeconomical production of power. Those nations which are rich incoal or water power possess a great advantage in the race for com-mercial supremacy over nations which are not so blest. A Notable Shipment of Locomotives. IN the above title, reference is not made to this quarterly, TheLocomotive, but to a shipment of twenty locomotives made bythe Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Southern Pacific Railway,this shipment being only part of an order for fifty. This is the mostremarkable single train of locomotives ever hauled across the train itself was nearly half a mile long without the pulling andpushing engines and was known as The Prosperity One of the Locomotives. These locomotives are to be used in heavy freight service on heavygrades in the far West. They are carried on five pairs of drivingwheels, with a two-wheeled truck at the front and rear. The largeamount of weight on the driving wheels gives a great hauling capacity,while the trucks support the ends of the locomotive and guide it intocurves and switches. Each locomotive is nearly 100 feet in length,weighing 621,000 lbs. so that the entire train of twenty weighed inexcess of 6,000 tons. The tenders have cylindrical water tanks and asmaller tank at the front end to carry the oil fuel which all SouthernPacific locomotives burn. The oil is sprayed into the furnace by ajet of steam and the fire is controlled by means of valves placedwithin easy reach of the fireman. 112 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [October, Various modern devices are applied to increase the efficiency andcapacity of the locomotives. Before entering the boiler, the feed wateris heated; and the st
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