. American engineer and railroad journal . ry Company ofToronto, has been appointed superintendent of the Brooksplant. 48 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL NEW FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE FOR THE BURLINGTON,2—8—0 TYPE. Built by the American Locomotive Compant. SCHENECTADY WOBKS. This is the heaviest locomotive ever built for the Burlington,and as this road has been conservative in the matter of in-creased weight and power the advent of this design is the engine of this type was built for the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in 1898 (American Engineeb, Septem-ber, 1898, page 296) b
. American engineer and railroad journal . ry Company ofToronto, has been appointed superintendent of the Brooksplant. 48 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL NEW FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE FOR THE BURLINGTON,2—8—0 TYPE. Built by the American Locomotive Compant. SCHENECTADY WOBKS. This is the heaviest locomotive ever built for the Burlington,and as this road has been conservative in the matter of in-creased weight and power the advent of this design is the engine of this type was built for the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in 1898 (American Engineeb, Septem-ber, 1898, page 296) by the Pittsburgh Locomotive Works itwas regaided as a heavy engine, but the present class, for theHannibal & St. Joe Railroad, part of the same system, is along step in advance. The comparison of a few details willshow this: 1898. 1903. Total weight (pounds) 181,200 Weight on drivers (pounds) 166,000 181,000 Heating surface (square feet) 2,675 3,827 Grate area (square feet) 54 Tractive power (pounds) 39,300 12,500.
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