. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . an Flat Car Length 13 ft., Gin.; weight,oVz tons; load, G tons. working, durability andcost. The necessi-ties of railway op-erations in Amer-ica, as I have hadoccasion to noticeelsewhere, havebeen such as tocompel manufacturers to build locomotives andcars that would stand rough and crooked roads,and in the case of engines, that would haul greatloads at a high rate of speed, and, finally, thatwould come within the means of companies withvery little money or credit. This much may besaid without disparaging the locomotives of othercountries
. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . an Flat Car Length 13 ft., Gin.; weight,oVz tons; load, G tons. working, durability andcost. The necessi-ties of railway op-erations in Amer-ica, as I have hadoccasion to noticeelsewhere, havebeen such as tocompel manufacturers to build locomotives andcars that would stand rough and crooked roads,and in the case of engines, that would haul greatloads at a high rate of speed, and, finally, thatwould come within the means of companies withvery little money or credit. This much may besaid without disparaging the locomotives of othercountries. American manufacturers have no rea-son to fearcomparisonin any re-spect withthe buildersof GreatBritain, Bel-gium, Ger-many, France, Italy, and the great centers of theworld for the construction of railway rollingstock. In connection with the accompanying picturesof locomotives and cars, such statistics are givenas space permits or I have been able to dimensions given of locomotives indicate, ina general way, the capacity of the Wurtemberg Car with movable sides and 32 ft., 10 in.; height of sides, 11 in.; weight, 7tons; load, 12 tons. LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS. 153 They are such as to enable the reader to forman approximate estimate of the capability of thelocomotive. I have not attempted to describeeach locomotive in detail, because nothing thatcould be said would add materially to the inform-ation the pictures themselves, with the accom-panying description, affords.
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