Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-03-13
THE JUMBO OF LOCOMOTIVES.
From the philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
A monster locomotive, the heaviest
ever built in America, stood on the
Reading Railroad track at Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Fifteenth street yes
terday afternoon. Early next week it
will be shipped to the St. Clair Tunnel
Company, for which the Baldwin Loco
motive Works have built four Of the
same kind.
The monster Of steel had steam up
and had been tested. 1t looked as if,
when once started, nothing could stop
it on it's way. This huge locomotive is
the heaviest ever turned out by the
Baldwin Locomotive Works;i the
heaviest ever built in America, and,
so far as known by the company that
built it, the heaviest single locomotive
ever built in the world. Each OF the
four locomotives is expected and
guaranteed by the builders to haul a
load of 76O gross tons Of cars and lading
up a grade of los feet to the mile.
This is equivalent to train of % or 30
loaded freight cars.
The st. Clair Tunnel Company, for
which the locomotive have been built,
controls the line OF railroad running
through the tunnel under the St. Clair
river 1t is near the junction of the
st. Clair river with Lake Huron, and
connects the towns of Port Sarnia, On
tario, and Port Huron, Mich. The
line of railroad which runs through
the tunnel is the connection Of the
Grand Trunk Railway Of Canada with
its line in Michigan. The tunnel is
5000 feet long, and the approaches are
/ $50 and $500 feet respectively, max
ing a total length Of over two miles.
These approaches have a grade of 105
to the mile, and very heavy locomo-
tive is required to haul heavy trains
through the tunnel and up the grade
rof the approaches.
The locomotives are Of the class
known as tank locomotives, and have
no tender. The tanks are on both
sides of boiler, and their capacity is
2,O0O gallons. The space for the fuel,
which is anthracite coal, is on the
footboard. There are FIVE pairs of
driving wheels, which are the only
wheels, and they are so inches in
diameter. The wheel base is IS feet
inches. The cylinders are % inches
in diameter and have stroke Of %
inches. The boiler is of steel, five
eighths of an inch thick, and is feet
inches in diameter. There are 2SO
fues, 24 inches in diameter, and 13
feet 6 inches long. The tlrebox is Ii
feet long and 81 feet wide.
The cab is placed on top Of the
boiler and midway between its ends.
There are two sand boxes, one on the
front of the boiler and one on the
back, so that sand can be placed on
the rails whether the locomotive is
running forward or backward. There
is a powerful air brake which operates
on each driving wheel. Ihere are
headlights and steps at both ends,
like those of a shifting engine. The
locomotive will run on 10O-pound rails.
The number of the one completed is
59S, and the consecutive construction
number given by the builders, 1856.
In working order the weight is $4,000
No. 59S will be shipped to her desti-
nation next week, and the Others will
follow in a few days. nits completed
state the locomotive is too heavy for
some of the bridges it will have to
cross en- route, so the cab, the tanks,
side rods, and other parts will have to
be taken off and be shipped sep
arately.