. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ts now so com-mon must strike a very heavy blow uporvthe rail, and it is no wonder that somerailroad companies refuse to haul engineswith the side rods off. We believe thatseveral railroad companies which now haulengines with the side rods off are about toprohibit the practice, and it would be ir>the interests of safety if all railroad com-panies took a similar stand. October. 1901. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING General Correspondence. Narrow Gage Railroading. I am sending you a pictu
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ts now so com-mon must strike a very heavy blow uporvthe rail, and it is no wonder that somerailroad companies refuse to haul engineswith the side rods off. We believe thatseveral railroad companies which now haulengines with the side rods off are about toprohibit the practice, and it would be ir>the interests of safety if all railroad com-panies took a similar stand. October. 1901. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING General Correspondence. Narrow Gage Railroading. I am sending you a picture of the first2-foot-gage locomotive ever built in theUnited States for passenger service. Thisis engine No. i, Sandy River Railroad;cylinders, 8x12 inches; drivers, ^3inches. It is a handsome little locomo-tive and is in service now as a spare one. the year ending June 30, 1900. were ; operating expenses, $25,;leaving a balance of $22, This isnot the capacity of the road, by anymeans. It can do a great deal more ifthey could get it to do. E. GREENwoon, M. , JUK HUM ; A local freight train, away behind time,had pulled into a siding to allow two orthree other trains to pass, among them afast passenger train, bound in the oppositedirection, which was the last one thefreight had to remain on the siding for. The crew of the local freight had beenon duty twenty-four hours or more, andwere, in consequence, tired out and taking the siding and cutting thecrossings, etc., and as the time which theywould be required to remain on the sidingbefore all expected trains for which theyhad to give a clear road would pass, theycovered the headlight and lay down torest. Soon they were all asleep. Two of the trains to be met and to bepassed by the local freight did so safely,but before the passenger train with whichit collided arrived, from some cause, notclearly explained, the engine of the localtrain moved ahead until its pilot and fron
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