. Railway mechanical engineer . Sections of Pennsylvania Lines West 2-10-2 Type Locomotive are extremely heavy they are in service on a division withlow gradesy All that have been received thus far are on thelines runnmg from Conway Yard, near Pittsburgh, Pa., toAshtabula, O., and Erie, Pa. The majority of the trafficbeing handled is ore moving from Ashtabula to Conway andcoal from Conway to Ashtabula. The ruling grade on thisline is per cent, and the engines are handling approxi- placed with the American Locomotive Company for 35 ofthese locomotives, and 25 are to be built at the BaldwinL
. Railway mechanical engineer . Sections of Pennsylvania Lines West 2-10-2 Type Locomotive are extremely heavy they are in service on a division withlow gradesy All that have been received thus far are on thelines runnmg from Conway Yard, near Pittsburgh, Pa., toAshtabula, O., and Erie, Pa. The majority of the trafficbeing handled is ore moving from Ashtabula to Conway andcoal from Conway to Ashtabula. The ruling grade on thisline is per cent, and the engines are handling approxi- placed with the American Locomotive Company for 35 ofthese locomotives, and 25 are to be built at the BaldwinLocomotive Works. Locomotives with five coupled pairs of driving wheels anda lateral motion driving box on the front axle cannot traversecurves sharper than 16 deg. In order to enaljle these enginesto pass 23 deg. curves both the front and rear drivers are
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