. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . Rogers Locomotive, U. S. A. In enumerating the manufacturers of locomo-tives and cars, the railroad companies engagedin this business must not be forgotten. In theearly days of railway enterprise, in the UnitedStates particularly, many companies constructedplants for the building and repairing of equip-ment. This on the supposition that they wouldbuild their own rolling stock. For a considerableperiod they did this, but, in the majority of cases,the practice was soon partially or wholly discon-tinued. It was found that locomotives and car
. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . Rogers Locomotive, U. S. A. In enumerating the manufacturers of locomo-tives and cars, the railroad companies engagedin this business must not be forgotten. In theearly days of railway enterprise, in the UnitedStates particularly, many companies constructedplants for the building and repairing of equip-ment. This on the supposition that they wouldbuild their own rolling stock. For a considerableperiod they did this, but, in the majority of cases,the practice was soon partially or wholly discon-tinued. It was found that locomotives and carscould, as a rule, be bought of private builders at 14^ RAILWAY EQUIPMENT. less than railroad companies could constructthem for. In going outside their legitimate busi-ness of manufacturers of transportation it was. Schenectady Locomotive. Diameter of cylinders, 20 inches; stroke, 28inches; diameter of driving wheels, 63 inches; driving wheel base, 15 feet, 2inches; total wheel base, 23 feet, 3 inches; weight on drivers, 124,400 pounds;total weight of locomotive, 144,200 pounds; tank capacity, 4,500 gallons;weight of tender (loaded), 98,400 pounds. the generax experience that railroad companiesmade a mistake. Their limited demand for loco-motives and cars, and their method of organiza-tion, was not such as so generally enable themto carry on the business of manufacturers ofgoods efficiently or economically. I do not saythat this was, or is, the experience of every com- Baldwin Single Driver Passenger Locomotive, capable of great of cylinders, high pressure, 13 inches, low pressure, 22 inches;stroke, 26 inches; diameter of driving wheels, 8414 inches; total wheel base,22 feet, 9 inches; weight on drivers, 48,000 pounds; total weight of locomo-tive, 115,000 pounds. pany; I refer to t
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