. American engineer and railroad journal . MALLET ARTICULATED COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES, 2-6-6-0TYPE, AND SWITCHING LOCOMOTIVES 0-8-0 TYPE. Virginian Railway. On page 261 of the June issue of this journal appeared a briefgeneral description, with outline elevation, of a design of Mal-let compound locomotive, four of which are being delivered bythe American Locomotive Company to the Virginian locomotives were designed under the direction of R. Sanderson, superintendent of motive power of the railway,and are the first of this wheel arrangement to be used in thiscountry, although no
. American engineer and railroad journal . MALLET ARTICULATED COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES, 2-6-6-0TYPE, AND SWITCHING LOCOMOTIVES 0-8-0 TYPE. Virginian Railway. On page 261 of the June issue of this journal appeared a briefgeneral description, with outline elevation, of a design of Mal-let compound locomotive, four of which are being delivered bythe American Locomotive Company to the Virginian locomotives were designed under the direction of R. Sanderson, superintendent of motive power of the railway,and are the first of this wheel arrangement to be used in thiscountry, although not the first to be constructed by the builders,who last year delivered an order to the Eastern Railway ofFrance of the same type, although smaller in size. With the exception of the climb over the Allegheny Moun-tains, the ruling grade of the Virginian Railway, against theeast-bound or loaded traffic, was placed at .2 per cent, compen-sated. There are places in the mountains where the grade risesto .6 per cent, and there are also other sho
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