. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . me that I never would make a decentengineer. My mother had a brother Old-Timers of the Rail. Editor: Noting with interest your recent ex-cellent articles on old locomotives andtheir history, I take the liberty to sendyou, under separate cover, two un-mounted photographs of old loco-motives, which, on account of theirage, and still in service, I thoughtwould probably interest you and yourreaders. The small photograph is one of loco-tive No. 75, of the Western MarylandRailroad, built by the Bal
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . me that I never would make a decentengineer. My mother had a brother Old-Timers of the Rail. Editor: Noting with interest your recent ex-cellent articles on old locomotives andtheir history, I take the liberty to sendyou, under separate cover, two un-mounted photographs of old loco-motives, which, on account of theirage, and still in service, I thoughtwould probably interest you and yourreaders. The small photograph is one of loco-tive No. 75, of the Western MarylandRailroad, built by the Baldwin Loco-motive Works in the year 1884. Theother one is locomotive No. 3, of theGeorges Creek and Cumberland Rail-road, built by the old Pittsburgh Lo-comotive Works in the year 1879. Thisroad was recently absorbed by theabove road, and this locomotive wasup until a short time doing yard dutyin the yards in this city. Should youconsider these of sufficient interest, Ishould like to see them in Railway amiLocomotive Engineering. Louis J. Lapsley,Telegrapher, Gen. Offices B. & O. Baltimore, GEORGES CREEK & CUMBERLAND CONSOLIDATION NO. 3. talked very much and it never struck who was prospering in the tailor busi- me that I and my brothers and sisters ness and to that work I went reluct- had been victims of a vicious habit antly. I have never, however, regretted until Mr. Baker denounced so vigor- the selection made by my father on ously the type of conversation and in- my behalf. In clothing others I have tercourse that permeated my childhood saved enough to keep myself clothed the and boyhood home. There must be rest of the journey. 286 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING July, k But I shall cherish romantic aspira-tions Of the higher fate that might havebeen mine as a railroad engineer. And1113- mind often wanders back again tothe delightful home-circle conversationthat first stirred my ambition to dareand to do. These conversations arevaguely mixed up with driving wheels,m
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