. Book of the Royal blue . than any other engine ever built; six pairsof drivers in two sets of three each, theforward set swiveling: the largest boilerknown in the history of locomotive con-struction, the tubes of which, if placed in astraight line, extending the distance of^amile and three-quarters: steam at a pres-sure of two hundred and thirty-five poundsto the square inch carried to reiiuisite as tractable and easily handled as the aver-age switch engine. In no instance on thejourney westward was the slightest diffi-culty experienced, either as to the track orcrossings. No rails were spre
. Book of the Royal blue . than any other engine ever built; six pairsof drivers in two sets of three each, theforward set swiveling: the largest boilerknown in the history of locomotive con-struction, the tubes of which, if placed in astraight line, extending the distance of^amile and three-quarters: steam at a pres-sure of two hundred and thirty-five poundsto the square inch carried to reiiuisite as tractable and easily handled as the aver-age switch engine. In no instance on thejourney westward was the slightest diffi-culty experienced, either as to the track orcrossings. No rails were spread anywhere ;switches, some of them very complicated,were passed through as if mere tangents,and bridges nowhere evinced subjection toany special strain. The light track of the Exposition term-inal was viewed by the officials with someconcern, in connection with the passageof the big engine to her place in theBaltimore & Ohio Section, but no exampleof motive power in the Transportation THE WAY OF THE RAIL IN THE FIRST PASSENGER COACH IN NOVA SCOTIA THE WAY OF THE RAIL IN THE WORLD.
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