Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-25
POWERFUL En- GlNES.
Many Of Them are HarVslS Of Strength,
Speed and Beauty.
DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THEM.
An AnxlousIy Awaited Test or n Late
u. 4. Production nj Omaha.-for
tho Mountain Division.
DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THEM.

Some Of the recent creations In ,he
form Of steam engines are marvels Of
strength, apeed and beauty. Railroad
companies everywhere throughout the
Unit d States arc eudeavoring to out
rival each other In the matter OF go
curing these mighty machines for
their roads.
The engine attached TO thespecialtrain
which convened the Salt Like City
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oouno,' " o"''',' oe"o" '.' 80" -. ~.
other day would appear 70 DO "iinos'
perfect. Its general appearance was
such mn 10 call forth numerous expires.
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''o"' VI "u"a,o' a,
even supefhoihl examination VI ".
On the level tracks Of these valleys II
can draw nm ordinary % isssnger train
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Nour.
The Rio Grnnde Western has been
,ou,pned with tho most powerfuI pas.
Ar. w.,
'ensc' ens'"'' :" '.s'' :" ."' 800
out the Union racine IN now Prepat-
'ng to test n magnificent engine re.
r.n,lv turnod out nj Tia Omnha ma.
49, -, =, 90. J...,a,., n,
sno 'nop'' ""'
H. McConneiI, VINO was IN sa' LAKE
not long ago. The engine IL OF the
t,n.whsel tvpe. bas oOxol inch cylip.
a.. 49,, a. tno,,.. 4, d,a,,.,.,
49," oo' '"s" -
win SOO hues anu weighs ~
tons, 10000 pounds resting
on the driving wheels, the diane
ter OF which Ia 81 inches. II
will DO used on the mountain divi.
sion. II IL believed that II will eclipse
all Its predecessors and the test u
awaited with interest by the officers OF
the Union Pacific system.
The railroad shops mt Altoona, Pa,
have Just completed n big locomotive,
which dwarh tho "mogul" engines
used on western lines. II IL intended
for passenger service on the Pennayl.
vania ROAD. IL IL anticipated that the
new engine Will outStrip all competitors
in the matter Of speed, 30 that tho re-
suit OF the forthcoming trial In actual
service will be looked TO with interest
by those connected with railroad
affairs.
The drive wheels OF the new locomo'
tive are seven feet In diameter. They
are Of the four coupled style, and each
pair bears up n weight OF twenty tons.
The four boyle wheels are each three
and onc-bhlf feet In diameter and
cnrry twenty-five tons. The tUtal
weight OF the engine alone Ia l45,B SOC
pounds, anu the tender weighs By, Az
pounds when Ia ordinary running
condition. The total weight OF engin,
and tender In ninety.six tons.
Ths engine Ia Of the COMPOUND
pattern. The diameter OF the high
pressure cylinder at the left hand sid,
is l9i inches. The low-pressur,
cylinuer has n diameter OF 81 inches
The stroke IL 2s inches. The working
pressure OF the boiler In 200 pounds Il
the square inch. The boiler H. 8 feet II
diameter aud q feet long. The fir,
box ls o feet long and 40 inches wide
inside measurement, The heigh
from the rail TO the bottom OF tn,
boiler Ia BH feet, so that "A tail MAJ
could walk under It without stooping
This locomotive ia constructed strict
liz on the A m.rican pattern, the com
psratiye value of which, AS opposed /,
he British pattern, has been warml,
argued in the columns Of the a varloui
technical Journals OF the two countries,
1t Ia admitted that A merican locomo
tiyes burn more coal than the English
but It is argued that the former Dc