. American engineer and railroad journal . s iilinost if not quite as heavy as the corresponding portion onmany standard-gauge locomotives with 16-in. or 17-in. x 21 The front buffer casting, which is not clearlyshown on the engraving, is of steel, and weighs 750 lbs—anexcessive weight, tO he sure, but one that was found to be ncc-essary in order to withstand the hard usage to which the loco-motive is subjected without breaking. Thesldes of the engineare well protected by aprons, so as to prevent the dust andashes that till the air about the works Irom settling on theworking port
. American engineer and railroad journal . s iilinost if not quite as heavy as the corresponding portion onmany standard-gauge locomotives with 16-in. or 17-in. x 21 The front buffer casting, which is not clearlyshown on the engraving, is of steel, and weighs 750 lbs—anexcessive weight, tO he sure, but one that was found to be ncc-essary in order to withstand the hard usage to which the loco-motive is subjected without breaking. Thesldes of the engineare well protected by aprons, so as to prevent the dust andashes that till the air about the works Irom settling on theworking portions of the machinery. This type of enginepresents no novel features in its outward appearance, and itspeculiarities lie entirely in the great weight and strengthof its parts, which is evidenced from the fact that on agauge of only !!0 in. it weighs more than 2,000 lbs. to the run-ning foot of length. NOTES AND NEWS. Plenty of Lumber Still Left. —It is said that Canada has aforest in the Hudson Bay and Labrador region 1,000 by 1,700 I. SWITCHING LOCOMOTIVE BUILT FOR THE CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY BY H. K. PORTER & CO., OF PITTSBURGH, PA. k 7ftj >r .•wi-?-rn--1 >! ■^6 m—e|—>»3»
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