. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . R.\T1\E \11.\\ 111- TIIK on the main line for several years, and Iccomotivc, and is one of twenty now inwas sufficiently large for the work. It is course of construction. The length of the The contrast between these two typesTt locomotives and their relative sizes are,still running, and handles a three or four engine and. teixckr is. 77 feet, the weight as we have already stated, a fair examplecar accommodation train on otie of the of botti pounds, the engine alone o: the development of the road smce lines. The engine and tender weighin
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . R.\T1\E \11.\\ 111- TIIK on the main line for several years, and Iccomotivc, and is one of twenty now inwas sufficiently large for the work. It is course of construction. The length of the The contrast between these two typesTt locomotives and their relative sizes are,still running, and handles a three or four engine and. teixckr is. 77 feet, the weight as we have already stated, a fair examplecar accommodation train on otie of the of botti pounds, the engine alone o: the development of the road smce lines. The engine and tender weighing pounds. This type of beginning of the present century. At t^hat, 198 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. June, 1913. time there were in operation abuiit 5oO eastern side. I-ike many other of the locomotives; at present there arc leading railroads it has added other hnes Ten years ago the mileage of track in to the system from time to time. The operation was 3 044 miles. Tliere are Henderson Bridge and Kailroad Company. MARBLE CREEI-; BRIDGE, KENTUCKV. now 4,722 miles, and a constantly widen-ing field of improvement is going on indouble tracking, reducing grades andcurves, installing automatic block sig-nals, and increasing the equipment so asto promptly and economically handle thefast growing traffic of the South. The rapid growth of the road is nlt amatter of surprise to those familiar withthe great natural resources of the countrythrough which the road passes. The richvalleys of Kentucky and Tennessee andAlabama must he seen in their luxurianceto be appreciated. Starting at Cincinnatithe main branch passes through the citiesCI Louisville, Nashville, Columbia. Deca-tur, Birmingham and Montgomery, theGulf of Mexico is reached at Mobile, . the road continues along the coastto New Orleans, La. The Eastern branch connects Cincinn;ilito Atlanta. Ga., and is the main arteryto a network of branches traversing theStates of Kentucky, Tennessee andGeorgia. An en
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