. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . could haul no more cars tVnr the other. July. 1912 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 235 Their cylinders were 15 ins. x 22 ins. anddrivers 5 ft. How proud the Kennebec-ers were of them! Smart? Well, justask some of the old boys. For yearstheir crews tried to prove that they couldcutpull each other. They tried it manytimes, but a load one could wiggle overthe bunch would be duplicated by theother. This rivalry became so keen thatin starting wesl oul of Brunswick theywould hook on to more tha
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . could haul no more cars tVnr the other. July. 1912 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 235 Their cylinders were 15 ins. x 22 ins. anddrivers 5 ft. How proud the Kennebec-ers were of them! Smart? Well, justask some of the old boys. For yearstheir crews tried to prove that they couldcutpull each other. They tried it manytimes, but a load one could wiggle overthe bunch would be duplicated by theother. This rivalry became so keen thatin starting wesl oul of Brunswick theywould hook on to more than they couldtop the hill just west of Brunswick with. chines, and this model was standard withtin Portland Company until about 1888. Counterbalancing from huh outwardlyh d nol gone completely out of fashion atthis time, as can be seen by tldriver. The Jose hauled their heaviestpassenger trail t seven years, then branch trains. She was one of thefastest engines the writer ever workedwith; could pick up a train very quickly,and when main line connections werelate and the engineer had a chance to let. LOCI MOTIVE NO. JO. PORTLAND & KENNEBEC R. at the Portland Companys Works. Portland, and used to back down the Bath branch adistance to get a run. These engines pulled freight on the K. and M. C. R. R. till crowded outby much heavier machines, and were puton branch runs, and about 1893 werebroken up. If you want to hear of someremarkable pulls just start some of theold-timers going on what the Sewall andKennebec could do. Not all Maine en-gines were extra smart, of course. I amwriting only of those that proved theirmettle. There were many engines onMaine roads that would be of no interestto judge by their performances, but itswell that the best of the old-timers shouldreceive more than passing notice, and theengines illustrated were worthy of praise. The Portland & Kennebec had a varietyof peculiar old engines, built in the late40s and 50s, the most of which were in-side
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