. American engineer and railroad journal . n testify from personal experience. somethin- very like it. Ten years aso Mr^ ^^.-^^^^^ThoFor, having gone to Philadelphia on September 9, in order that the ideal English locomotive would haul tons on theto travel on the Flyer, and having found to my disappoint- lovel nt 60 miles an hour. That ideal had hardly been that it bad ceased to run two or three days previously. I then-it has been attained and passed now. But I do not thinkwent down on the date mentioned by the 4 p. m. Here are the it will be claimed for anv locomotive at pr
. American engineer and railroad journal . n testify from personal experience. somethin- very like it. Ten years aso Mr^ ^^.-^^^^^ThoFor, having gone to Philadelphia on September 9, in order that the ideal English locomotive would haul tons on theto travel on the Flyer, and having found to my disappoint- lovel nt 60 miles an hour. That ideal had hardly been that it bad ceased to run two or three days previously. I then-it has been attained and passed now. But I do not thinkwent down on the date mentioned by the 4 p. m. Here are the it will be claimed for anv locomotive at present running in thistimes taken by me with a split-second stop-watch for every Pountrv that it can maintain .0 miles •ir hour with -OO tonsmile from start to stop. I mav say that, for convenience of behind it on a dead level, and there are. 1 ^f^ pJP- J^! .7i-inyrecord, I wrote down the nearest whole second, though my different types of engines which can do this in the ^tates 42 AMERICAN ENGINEER, CAR BUILDER !t*HP1 n ^= It -9,9 — J-. Q < o te. < Z o » OO <o X u I < <I- O Q. $Ul Z s: 2a oO «1 u is s. s I February, 1898. AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 43 NEW POSTAL CARS, CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD. The annual reports of the General Superintendent of theRailway Mail Service show that marked and effective improve-ments have been made during the past few years, as regardsthe safety and convenience of postal cars, with the generalfeatures of which our readers are familiar. The location ofpostal cars at the head of trains renders them specially liableto damage in case of wreclis, against which all possible pre-cautions are talien to render them safe as well as comfortablefor the employees of the department. Pintsch gas equipmentis regarded by the department as being not only the bestsystem as regards illumination, but also for the safety of theclerks and the mails in case of accidents. In new cars of thistype, Pintsch gas, steam heat, vestibules and other safetyappliances
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