. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . inesare as follows: Cylinders—Vauclain compound. High pressure 13% diameter and 26 inches pressure, 23 inches diameter and26 inches pairs coupled wheels, fourwheeled center bearing truck. Weight in working order—total, 148,- 000 —11-16 inch steel, butt jointed,with double covering strips; 60 inches di-ameter at smoke box end, with straight Tender trucks—C, M. & St. P. stand-ard; contracting chill wheels, and com-panys standard iron brake beams. A Long Man in a Small S
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . inesare as follows: Cylinders—Vauclain compound. High pressure 13% diameter and 26 inches pressure, 23 inches diameter and26 inches pairs coupled wheels, fourwheeled center bearing truck. Weight in working order—total, 148,- 000 —11-16 inch steel, butt jointed,with double covering strips; 60 inches di-ameter at smoke box end, with straight Tender trucks—C, M. & St. P. stand-ard; contracting chill wheels, and com-panys standard iron brake beams. A Long Man in a Small Sleeping CarBerth. There was one story of his career thatthe late George M. Pullman used to tellwith manifest delight. It was as fol-lows: One night, going out of Chicago, along, lean, ugly man, with a wart on hischeek, came into the depot. He paidGeorge M. Pullman 50 cents, and a halfberth was assigned him. Then he tookoff his coat and vest and hung them up,and they fitted the peg above as well asthey fitted him. Then he kicked off hisboots, which were of surprising LATEST C, M. & ST. PAUL FREIGHT ENGINE. Total heating surface— squarefeet. Diameter of driving wheels—68 inches. Diameter and length of driving jour-nals—8 x 10 inches. Diameter of engine truck wheels—^2inches. Diameter and length of engine truckjournals—5 x 10 inches. Slide valves—American balanced. Water capacity of tank—4000 U. S. gal-lons. Fuel capacity of tank—280 cubic feet. Weight of tender with fuel and water—77,000 pounds. Type of brakes—Westinghouse Amer-ican. Train signal—Westinghouse. The Oregon Short Line managementhave decided to adopt the R. Usher oilcan, made famous by Jim Skeevers. Everycan will be nickel plated, with the ideathat the men will take better care of themthan they would of a less attractive look-ing can. top; working steam pressure, 200 pounds. Tires—Krupp crucible steel, 3 inchesthick; front and back pairs flanged; mid-dle pair plain. Driv
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