. American engineer and railroad journal . , distributed as follows :on the two-wheeled engine truck, 16,000 lbs.; on the six-wheeled truck. 50,000 lbs.; and on the drivers, 110,000 lbs. It will be seen from the engraving that the boiler of thisengine is of the wagon-top type. Both engines are fitted withpumps for feeding the boiler. A peculiarity of the cab is themonitor roof and side lights in the upper deck, that has an ex-ternal appearance somewhat resembling passenger-car con-struction. These engines are equipped with the Westinghouse to locomotive signals and headlights is; not new, for
. American engineer and railroad journal . , distributed as follows :on the two-wheeled engine truck, 16,000 lbs.; on the six-wheeled truck. 50,000 lbs.; and on the drivers, 110,000 lbs. It will be seen from the engraving that the boiler of thisengine is of the wagon-top type. Both engines are fitted withpumps for feeding the boiler. A peculiarity of the cab is themonitor roof and side lights in the upper deck, that has an ex-ternal appearance somewhat resembling passenger-car con-struction. These engines are equipped with the Westinghouse to locomotive signals and headlights is; not new, for it hasbeen used in Europe and South America for several years withexcellent results. Attention has frequently been called, in the pages of theAmerican Engineer, to the dangerous construction of theordinary type of steps that are used on the engines and ten-ders of American locomotives ; and while we cannot be citedas being over partial to the English locomotive, we have ad-vocated that the steps used on them were farsuperior to OUT i V~T. B WN H 6J►J CO •4 a ft o O OS M 63I i « «a WC5 o «MO la w inc» «!3. o •Jw MEh HEel O > Vol. LXVIII, No. ii.] AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 5 own. It is with pleasure that we note the broad and well-pro-tected step on the tender of the Mastodon locomotive, as show-ing that it is at least possible to have a safe step on an Ameri-can locomotive. These engines are, perhaps, the most notableexamples of engine construction that have been turned cut ofAmerican shops during the current year, and we shall awaitreports of their performances in the southern country withgreat interest. BROWNS BICYCLETTE ELECTRIC CAR. Last month we published extracts and descriptions takenfrom an American patent granted to Mr. Charles Brown, ofBasle, Switzerland, for a novel plan for electric cars. Theengravings herewith are made from the working drawings,for which we are indebted to him. As persons who arefamiliar with patent drawings know, they seldom representthe
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