New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-07
LOCOMOTIVE TRIAL TRIP.

We bav. been furnished by Mr.. H. l. Mlnre, Saperir.
,endeudent Of the Machine Shop a, Scranton with the
t of 40 experiment made ths1sth ult upon the Del
aware L.ckawana and Westsrl Railroad, which seems to
challenge the world for equal in tao capacity and draft
OF locomotive engines
The Ontario is To- xbeel engine drivers feet inches
in diameter coIascted cylinders II inches in diameter
atinch strokei manufactured by Rogers, Ketchum 81
GrosyeDo1. Patterson n. }. -
We AIT divers. Tie
" eight trucks. %
Total weight Of euyne.....................e2200
WEIGHT Of with wood and Water ,..,so,fQ 80
Weight Of engine and tender............"IOa,eoo -
The WysIusugisa 10 wheel engine drivers h6inches
dian etei connected; cylinder II ndhes dance, 2finch
strke; manufactured BY Danforth, Cooke & Co, Pa,er
Wsght or t7 20 !oa
Ne,ghton Tucks...s's.. s.'"'''''''''s'''''l' "
Tot,l ys,.h. q cine, ~:
weisht Of CINE and tender.
The fret Experiment was made with train composed Of
100 4Vheel csrs 81 cosl-
Whose IRIS weight was.........:....5ss TINS, LOO
Deduct ~eisht Of eafs..''.'.'.-''''''..rO 90 lO
Total veisht Of coa...............f 10 tsna 900
aThe Ontario, L. Duncan, E1gineer, 1. L Paterbi ugh
Conductor a. .ch,d the above raiO At TankhaanOck
Station started up grade Of q feet Ia the mile, A. tbs
rate Of five miles hour fJr mile, and 70 stand
% reverse curve; cut OF leaving 81 cars, weight
rs tuus with which she Hopbotiom Station ds
lance of about us, Al The rate q miles per hour tn
grade rtiDuing the ZANE.
The Wyalu-lpg, John Warren Engineer A. Hunt Con
ductr was n attached % the whole rain Of 100 cars
Ooclock - minutes and arrived ~ Olkley- station
10 s. making the up grads 81 q feet through
tnuous curves Of about loo feet radius at miles
hour
tie Ontario again attached 10 the train q 100
oer a. Osklsys and drew tie tran 81 the rate - miles
Al hour under circumstances SIMILAR 20 tbs Wyar5ing
craze ard curtis continuing the
AZ AeW MILFORD another ZOO Cs-s Of coal were aff7d 70
Re train mailing train Of 10 2e52 long or over
hsl d mile
t,l .ht q rran cudss enle tslds ke....ls5l sgn 80
Deduct u eage tender and Cd TINS lsN
Tofsi ght OF " tan+ LOO
"The Onarlo attached above train started the whole
train On level out Of switch both ends OF tbs train be-
Tg On the curve tie -ame TINE. The TIP vas made
from New Milford 20 Great Bend lance Of SIX mles,
IN 80 minutes being the rate Il j. res an hour
couiT IN distance grade q ID i- O. the NILE for
about tlseeiouIths o. a ulis
We also have the resu. Of similar trial Of engne5
made in Nay last on the New ICr ADD Ire and Cayiga
and Susquehanna Railroads
Epgiue No - on the New-York and Erie Railroad
hauled from Great Bend 10 Bnghamton distance Of Is
miles in one hour 100 coal cars containing each ton,
gross Of anthracite coal and 90 Of the sane laden cars
with other heavily freghted with bridge
taken on 10 Ovego, further distance of % miles
must be borne IN mind that each coal car weighs tuns
making each loaded car TO weigh tuns gross weigh.
Al Owego, the teuvheel engine Tunk shamrock built by
the firm Of Rogers Keichum & Grosvenor took 100
OF anthracite coal. containing 500 tuas Fsss q sQA