Forest protection in Canada, 1912-1914, by Clyde Leavitt . ve converted froma coal burner to an oil burner, in regular service, was on the SouthernPacific, in November, 1900, and a number of comparative tests proved sosatisfactory that, in February, 1901, other engines were converted. Inabout five years all locomotives on the Southern Pacific in California andon the lines extending to El Paso, Texas, were converted to oil The use of oil fuel by railways has steadily increased until, in theearly spring of 1913, oil-burning locomotives were operated exclusivelyupon 20,910 miles of line
Forest protection in Canada, 1912-1914, by Clyde Leavitt . ve converted froma coal burner to an oil burner, in regular service, was on the SouthernPacific, in November, 1900, and a number of comparative tests proved sosatisfactory that, in February, 1901, other engines were converted. Inabout five years all locomotives on the Southern Pacific in California andon the lines extending to El Paso, Texas, were converted to oil The use of oil fuel by railways has steadily increased until, in theearly spring of 1913, oil-burning locomotives were operated exclusivelyupon 20,910 miles of line in the United States, and 587 miles in Canada,and were operated in conjunction with a proportion of coal-burninglocomotives upon 4,720 miles additional in the United States. Thus,in the United States and Canada, oil fuel is in exclusive or partial useupon 26,217 miles of railway line. This is exclusive of portions of theRock Island, Frisco and Santa Fe systems, where, as above noted * Western Lumberman, June, 1912. t Railway Age Gazette, March 15, OIL AS LOCOMOTIVE FUEL 93 the use of oil-burners had been previously reported, but on which suchuse has been or is being discontinued. The Situation in Canada.—In Canada, the Great Northern railwayis the pioneer among passenger lines. This line is using oil exclusivelyon its us rniles of railway in the Cascade Division. This embracesall lines in the vicinity of the Pacific Coast. During 1912, the Canadian Pacific railway established oil-burnerson its main line between Kamloops and Field, , and on the Arrowand Okanagan branches, making a total of 338 miles. It is now an-nounced that this line will, during 1913, extend the use of oil-burnersto cover the main line between North Bend and Vancouver, 129 miles,and the Mission subdivision, 10 miles. When this work is finished, theonly portion of the main line of the in British Columbia not usingoil fuel will be the portion between the Eastern boundary of the Pro-vince (H
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