. Principles of railroad transportation . CONSOLIDATION (2-8-0) TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Pennsylvania Rail-road in 1915. Weight, engine and tender, 431,000 pounds; weighton driving wheels, 220,900 pounds. motive was developed from the ten-wheeled type by decreas-ing the number of truck wheels from four to two. This. Mikado (2-8-2) Type of LocomotiveBuilt by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Chicago, Burlingtonand Quincy Railroad in 191). Weight, engine and tender, 497,500pounds; weight on driving wheels, 239,900 pounds. change increased the proportion
. Principles of railroad transportation . CONSOLIDATION (2-8-0) TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Pennsylvania Rail-road in 1915. Weight, engine and tender, 431,000 pounds; weighton driving wheels, 220,900 pounds. motive was developed from the ten-wheeled type by decreas-ing the number of truck wheels from four to two. This. Mikado (2-8-2) Type of LocomotiveBuilt by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Chicago, Burlingtonand Quincy Railroad in 191). Weight, engine and tender, 497,500pounds; weight on driving wheels, 239,900 pounds. change increased the proportion of weight resting on thedrivers from 70 per cent to 85 per cent and consequentlygave a much greater tractive force. For many years the 54 RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION Mogul was the leading type of locomotive for heavy freightservice, and it is still used extensively. The Consolidationtype, with four pairs of connected drivers and one pair oftruck wheels, introduced about the same time the Mogulwas first used, is now employed in freight service moreextensively than any other single type of locomotive. TheDecapod, with a two-wheeled truck and 10 connected driv-ers, and the Centipede, with a similar truck and 12 drivers,have also been used to some extent. The difficulty of back-ing a locomotive with such a long wheel base around curves
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