. Book of the Royal blue . THE LAM Il- Till, 1 AMi;i. BA( KS. ■ THE LAST OF THE CAMEL-BACKS. BY KR C. CROMWEM,. THE Camel-Hack marked a very import-ant epoch in the evolution of the loco-motive. This peculiar style of locomo-tive was designed and built by Ross Winansof HaltiuKire, Maryland, in IS)!, makint; thename of Winans historical, jirincipally fromthe fact of the radical departure of thisstyle of engine from previous construction. The first of these engines had cylinders17.\22, drivers 48 in diameter andweighed about Mi tons. In the later en-gines the cylinders were l
. Book of the Royal blue . THE LAM Il- Till, 1 AMi;i. BA( KS. ■ THE LAST OF THE CAMEL-BACKS. BY KR C. CROMWEM,. THE Camel-Hack marked a very import-ant epoch in the evolution of the loco-motive. This peculiar style of locomo-tive was designed and built by Ross Winansof HaltiuKire, Maryland, in IS)!, makint; thename of Winans historical, jirincipally fromthe fact of the radical departure of thisstyle of engine from previous construction. The first of these engines had cylinders17.\22, drivers 48 in diameter andweighed about Mi tons. In the later en-gines the cylinders were li»x 22, drivers22 and weighed about .1 tons. There were other advanced features inconstruction of these engines, i. e., in thelarger fire-box of a width extending to out-
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