. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ine Passenger. Not long ago the .Atlantic Coast LineRailroad procured some good ten-wheel passenger power from the Bald-win Locomotive Works, of illustration shows the engine as sheleft the builders shops. The engine is simple with 20x26 and 68 in. driving wheels. Allthe wheels are flanged, the drivers areequally spaced, being each 81 ins. main valves are balanced slides,and are actuated by indirect motion. Favors Baker his report on Lighting,
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ine Passenger. Not long ago the .Atlantic Coast LineRailroad procured some good ten-wheel passenger power from the Bald-win Locomotive Works, of illustration shows the engine as sheleft the builders shops. The engine is simple with 20x26 and 68 in. driving wheels. Allthe wheels are flanged, the drivers areequally spaced, being each 81 ins. main valves are balanced slides,and are actuated by indirect motion. Favors Baker his report on Lighting, Heatingand Ventilation of Trains, submitted tothe International Railway Congress,Professor Dudley, of the PennsylvaniaRailroad, said that for car heating thebest method is to use steam from thelocomotive, and he particularly recom-mended the Baker heater system, whichadmits of the use of either steam orcoal, as may be desired. The Buda Foundry & Mfg. Co., ofChicago, have issued two catalogueson Track Construction and Mainte-nance. One of these catalogues isprinted in English, and the other is. ATLANTIC LINE EXPRESSMr. J. S. Chambers, Superintendent ^lotive Power. ENGINE. As it may be days or weeks before Imeet many of you, I wish to expressthis foreword of greeting and goodcheer. I come to the Wabash with theearnest determination to make the mostof the opportunity to develop its mag-nificent resources. I do not expect to dothis alone, but only with the co-opera-tion and hearty good will of all. Itshall be my endeavor to recognize energyand zeal in the service, and as I getbetter acquainted, to make no outsideappointments where there are availablemen in the service competent to fill thosepositions. The Wabash has developed rapidly inrecent years, and unless we get a seriousset-back in the way of hard times therewill be ample opportunities for me torecognize ability, energy and loyalty andto reward it with adequate promotion. Annexed are a few leading particu-lars of the
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