. Railway mechanical engineer . ss of the Mikado ty])e locomotives. The new Mountain type locomotive will operate mainly inthrough service between New Haven and Providence, a dis- has been generally satisfactory and the new locomotives donot differ from them in any marked degree except for theaddition of several important specialties designed to in-crease the efficiency and capacity of the new locomotives. The locomotives will exert a maximum tractive effort ,900 lb. The line over which locomotives will oper-ate is along the shore of Long Island Sound and is practicallylevel except
. Railway mechanical engineer . ss of the Mikado ty])e locomotives. The new Mountain type locomotive will operate mainly inthrough service between New Haven and Providence, a dis- has been generally satisfactory and the new locomotives donot differ from them in any marked degree except for theaddition of several important specialties designed to in-crease the efficiency and capacity of the new locomotives. The locomotives will exert a maximum tractive effort ,900 lb. The line over which locomotives will oper-ate is along the shore of Long Island Sound and is practicallylevel except for a few short breaks with a maximum of cent for a short distance. As the tonnage handled bythese locomotives will he approximately 3,000 tons, theyshould be able to handle a large volume of through freightin conjunction with the heavy jiassenger traffic. Kascd on the perfcrmmce of the earlier Mountain typecccmotives it is anticipated that the new locomotives will be 685 686 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 94, No. V-Z8-A
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