. Book of the Royal blue . -B-ia. TEX-WHEEL COMrOl-NI) PASSENGER AND FREIGHT ENGINE,WEllUIT POUNDS. 70 IN USE. THE MODERN BALTIMORE &■ OHIO CLASS •■ K-H. TVlE OH KKKIUHT ENUINK, WElcillT IoLNlW. M IX USE. Railroad economics set forth that lowgrades mean heavy trains and low cost oftransportation. The Baltimore tt Ohio be-gan a scheme of low grade steam drill and dynamite chewed andpushed their way into solid rock whilststeam shovels ate great trenches throughmountains until the grade reached an ope-rating level that will eventually put th
. Book of the Royal blue . -B-ia. TEX-WHEEL COMrOl-NI) PASSENGER AND FREIGHT ENGINE,WEllUIT POUNDS. 70 IN USE. THE MODERN BALTIMORE &■ OHIO CLASS •■ K-H. TVlE OH KKKIUHT ENUINK, WElcillT IoLNlW. M IX USE. Railroad economics set forth that lowgrades mean heavy trains and low cost oftransportation. The Baltimore tt Ohio be-gan a scheme of low grade steam drill and dynamite chewed andpushed their way into solid rock whilststeam shovels ate great trenches throughmountains until the grade reached an ope-rating level that will eventually put theBaltimore & Ohio on a plane with the bestroads of the country for low cost andgreatest efficiency. It is difficult to believe the Baltimore & Ohio will have onlyeighteen-feet eastbound grades fromChicago to Baltimore, except at five points,where mountains must be crossed: but theday is less than eighteen months away whenthis dream of 1896 will be a reality. Given the heavy locomotive, the recon-structed track, the lowered grades and thenew bridges, the road became a great factorin the traffic between the east and car capacity averaged 40,000 p
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