. The Boston and Maine Railroad; a history of the main road, with its tributary lines . his time each day. The engineersposition was entirely different from that occupied by himtoday. He was master of his engine, often running thesame one for many years ; his word was law as to itsrepairs, which he superintended. The work of an en-gineer comprised not only the entire care of a locomotiveas to its running, but he also cared for all the journals,and renewed boxes, bolts, nuts, in fact any worn parts thattwo men, the fireman assisting, could attend to at the endof the run. By 1850 the engines wer
. The Boston and Maine Railroad; a history of the main road, with its tributary lines . his time each day. The engineersposition was entirely different from that occupied by himtoday. He was master of his engine, often running thesame one for many years ; his word was law as to itsrepairs, which he superintended. The work of an en-gineer comprised not only the entire care of a locomotiveas to its running, but he also cared for all the journals,and renewed boxes, bolts, nuts, in fact any worn parts thattwo men, the fireman assisting, could attend to at the endof the run. By 1850 the engines were all provided withcabs for their occupants shelter from storm. It may bestated, also, that the Boston and Maine was one of thelast, if not the very last, of the New England railroadsto keep up the practice of naming its engines. Many ofthe early locomotives were of a type now obsolete, calledinsiders, shown in the picture of the Lawrence, i. e.,the cylinders were close together under the forward endof the boiler. These required a cranked axle for theforward pair of driving LOCOMOTIVE LAWRENCE, WEIGHT TWENTY-FIVE TONSBuilt by the Lawrence Machine Shop, I 853
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